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Literary Terms English 30-1 ALBERTA Questions and Answers 2024
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Literary Terms English 30-1 ALBERTAAllegory - answer The representation of ideas or moral principles by means of symbolic
characters, events or objects.
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A very simple story written in either prose or poetic form that is meant to teach a lesson
about life.
Alliteration - answerThe repetition of a constant sound to create rhythm and aid memory
/ effect
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The repetition of the initial consonant sounding in words
Allusion - answerA brief reference to a historical or literary person. place, object, or
event
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A reference to a significant figure, event, place, or literary work that the writer expects
the reader to recognize
Analogy - answerThe comparison of two similar to suggest that if they are alike in some
respects, they are probably alike in other ways.
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A comparison of ideas or objects which are essentially different but which are alike in
one significant way
Anecdote - answerA short narrative that tells the particulars of an interesting and/ or
humorous events.
Antagonist - answerA person of thing that opposes the protagonist of hero of a story
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The force (usually, but not always, a person) that opposes the main character (the
protagonist) in his attempt to solve a problem and thus to resolve the conflict he is
involved in.
Apostrophe - answerA figure of speech where someone (usually absent or dead), an
object, some abstract quality or a non-existent person is directly addressed as though
present and real.
Atmosphere - answerThe general over-all feeling of a story conveyed in a large part by
the setting and the mood.
Assonance - answerThe repetition of vowel sounds.
, Blank Verse - answerUnrhymed in a spot which it should be, usually occurs in an iambic
pentameter.
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poetic form written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Balled - answerA narrative (story) poem with many specific characteristics. A few
structural considerations are rhythm, rhyme, repetition and chorus.
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a type of poem that is meant to be sung and is both lyric and narrative in nature
Caricature - answerA representation or limitation of a person's physical or personality
traits that are so exaggerated they become comic or absurd.
Characterization - answerThe creation of imaginary persons so that they seem alike.
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The portrayal in a story of an imaginary person by what he says or does, by what others
say about him or how they react to him, and by what the author reveals directly or
through a narrator.
Cliché - answerA word or phrase that is overused so that it is no longer effective in most
writing situations.
Colloquial - answerInformal everyday spoken language.
Character foil - answerA character with a personality trait that contrasts with a trait of
another character.
Climax - answerThe high point or turning point in the story. The point in which the rising
action reserves and becomes falling action.
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The point of highest interest or dramatic intensity in a story, usually it marks the turning
point in the story, since the reader is no longer in doubt about the outcome.
Coherence - answerThe parts of a composition which should be arranged in a logical
and orderly manner so that the meaning and ideas are clear and well understood
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Writing, moving logically and clearly from one idea to another; the arrangement of ideas
in a clear order so that one idea moves smoothly to the next
Conflict - answerThe Problem, or struggle that the characters have to solve or come to
grips with by the end of the story.
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The struggle between two opposing forces, ideas, or beliefs which form the basis of a
story's plot. The conflict is resolved when one force - usually the
protagonist- succeeds or fails in overcoming the opposing force or gives up trying.
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