Literary terms for GED

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• simile

• A comparison of unlike things using the words "like" or "as."

• metaphor

• A comparison of two unlike things that doesn't use the words "like" or "as."

• alliteration

• The repetitions of a sound at the beginning of two or more words, such as "She sells sea shells . . ."

• alllusion

• A reference to someone or something well-known or commonly known.

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• assonance

• Repetition of a vowel sound

• irony

• A word that is intended to imitate a sound, such as "bang."

• personification

• Attributing human characteristics to something nonhuman.

• onomatopoeia

• The contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.

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• imagery

• Descriptive language that enables the reader to visualize a scene.

• theme

• The topic about which the author is writing.

• symbol

• Something that stands for something else.

• figurative

• Language that is not to be taken literally but, instead, symbolically.

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• fable

• A story with a moral.

• ballad

• A type of narrative poem that is usually sung.

• autobiography

• A work of literature about a person's life, written by that person.

• parody

• A writing that is intended to imitate and mock something.

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• synonym

• A word that sounds the same as another.

• homonym

• Words that have the same meaning.

• connotation

• The implied or associated meaning of a word. (The emotional impact)

• denotation

• The literal, dictionary meaning of a word.

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• foreshadowing

• The idea that life will play out in a certain way and nothing can be done about it.

• tragedy

• An indication of what is to come.

• flashback

• A work of literature in which the story ends badly.

• fate

• A break in a plot to relive something in the past.

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• parable

• Narration told by someone who is not involved in a story.

• third person

• To look at the difference(s) between things.

• contrast

• A short story with a lesson or moral.

• first person

• Narration told by a person who is involved.

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• fiction

• In literature, a story that is completely made up.

• nonfiction

• A work of literature that describes something that actually happened.

• genre

• A particular style of literature or music.

• prose

• ordinary language

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• compare

• A word with an opposite meaning.

• synonym

• To look at similarities between things.

• antonym

• Words that have the same meaning.

• analogy

• An identical relationship or function

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• exposition

• The hero of a story.

• conflict

• The introductory part of a plot

• climax

• The turning point in a story

• protagonist

• man vs. man

  man vs. himself

  man vs. society

  man vs. nature