Literary Terms Review

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Plot

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Plot is a series of related events that make up a story or drama.

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Character

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A character is a person in a story, poem, or play.

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Setting

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The setting is where the story takes place.

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Theme

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Theme is a central idea or insight about life and human nature that gives a story meaning.

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Mood

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Mood is a distinctive emotional quality or feeling a story gives off.

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Tone

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Tone is the attitude the writer takes towards the subject, the charcter, or the reader.

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Point of View

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Point of view is the vantage point from which a writer narrates or tells the story.

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Symbol

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Symbol is an object, setting, event, animal, or person, that stands for itself, and something beyond itself.

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Irony

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Irony is a figure of speech that is said to be different or opposite of its true meaning.

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Ambiguity

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Ambiguity is a use of language or literature whose meaning is unclear and has many possible meanings.

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Figuritive Language

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Figuritve language is a word or phrase that says one thing in terms of another and is not supposed to be understood on a literal level.