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English Literature

Literary Terms

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Story Elements

Plot: It tells us what the story is about.

Rising Action: When the conflict is going to start

Climax: When the conflict is over

Falling Action: The end of the story.

Story

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Types of Literature

Texts

Fiction Texts: they tell stories that are not real.

Non-fiction Texts: They tell true stories.

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Fiction Texts can be…

Science Fiction Texts.Stories about a future

related to space or planets.

Mystery Texts.Stories about crime

and or muder with an final event that

anybody expects.

Drama Texts.

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Fairy Tales.Written stories

specially for kids about imaginary events and characters

Fables.Story tha taches

a lesson usuallya moral

Fantasy Texts.Stories which tell something ureal, magic

and adventurous.

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Folklore Texts.Stories which belong to a

certain group of people or culture.

Horror Stories.Stories which

are frightening and strange

things happen in them.

Humor Texts.Stories which are fun and

make people laugh.

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Short Stories

Novels Poems

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Some other elements of literature…

•Allegory: Narrative in which the characters or situations have qualities related to moral, religion or political ideas.

•Alliteration: Pattern of sounds with repeated consonant sounds:

“Double, double toil and trouble Fire burn and caldron buble”

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Antagonist: Character who fights against the main character.

Denouement: Part of falling action.

Dialogue: What the character actually says.

Figurative Language: Ornamental Language

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Flashback: Interruption of present event to present a past event.

Hyperbole: an extravagant exageration

Irony: Something that is not what it seems

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