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English 10 Literary Terms** Keep in your binder ALL SEMESTER **

Use the “Glossary of Literary Terms” of your literature book, fill in the missing definitions.

“Must Know” Literary Terms1. Antagonist

2. audience

3. round character a fully-developed character that possesses many traits, mirroring the psychological complexity of a real person

4. flat character two-dimensional character with only one or two dominant traits

5. stock characterSee Stereotype

6. static characterSee Character

7. dynamic characterSee Character

8. internal conflictSee Conflict

9. external conflictSee Conflict

10. dialogue

11. verbal ironySee Irony

12. dramatic ironySee Irony p.1259

13. situational ironySee Irony

14. mood

15. protagonist

16. setting

17. symbol

18. theme

19. tone

20. fiction

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21. drama

22. poetry

23. novel

24. science fiction

25. short story

26. myth

27. nonfiction

28. autobiography

29. biography

30. memoirSee Autobiography

31. essay

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32. allusion

33. expositionSee Plot

34. inciting incident point which introduces the central conflict

35. rising actionSee Plot

36. climaxSee Plot

37. falling actionSee Plot

38. resolutionSee Plot

Medea Literary Terms39. foreshadowing

40. suspense

41. pathos ability or power in literature to call forth feelings of pity, compassion, and sadness

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42. personification

43. rhetorical question question that is asked solely to produce an effect or make a statement but does not expect to receive an answer

44. imagery

Macbeth Literary Terms45. paradox

46. soliloquy

47. direct characterizationSee Characterization, #4 p.1253

48. indirect characterizationSee Characterization49. foil

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To Kill a Mockingbird Literary Terms50. dialect

51. diction

52. flashback

53. hero

54. hyperbole(hi-PER-boh-lee)

55. understatement

56. first person narratorSee Point of View

57. third person narratorSee Point of View

58. third person omniscient narratorSee Point of View

59. third person limited narratorSee Point of View

60. style

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