Literary Terms and Devices

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to establish validity; to verify, to prove

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confirm

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a quality that defines certain types of writing

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genre characteristic

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a logical guess about what future events might happen in a story, what information a text might provide, or what points an author might make in an argument

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prediction

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a part of the text that is not the main body of the text, such as the table of contents, a header, or a visual element (such as a picture, a map, a chart, or a diagram)

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text feature

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an individual in a literary work whose thoughts, feelings, actions, and reactions move the action of the plot forward

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character

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the main problem or struggle in a work of literature

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conflict

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the necessary components of a work of literature, such as characters, plot, setting, point of view, and theme

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literary element

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the sequence of events that take place in a work of literature

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plot

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the type of narration used, as in first person, second person, or third person

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point of view

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the time and place of the events in a work of literature

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setting