literary terms to know
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LITERARY TERMS TO KNOW. EXAMPLES. Character. Protagonist: e. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Antagonists: i . Nag & Nagaina , king cobras Minor characters : l. Chua , a rat & Coppersmith bird. Characterization . DIRECT: f. Rikki - Tikki was a very curious mongoose . INDIRECT: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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LITERARY TERMS TO
KNOWEXAMPLES
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Character Protagonist: e.Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Antagonists: i. Nag & Nagaina, king cobras
Minor characters: l. Chua, a rat &Coppersmith bird
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Characterization
DIRECT: f. Rikki-Tikki was a very curious mongoose.
INDIRECT:g. Rikki put his nose into the ink on a writing table.
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Climax
m. In “The Monkey’s Paw”, Mr. White sent his dead son, Herbert, back to the grave with his third & final wish.
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Conflict
n. EXTERNAL: Rikki-Tikki and the cobras are natural enemies and wish to kill each other.
p. INTERNAL: When Rikki sees the huge size of Nag’s five-foot body slither into the bathroom he is very frightened.
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Figurative Lang.
r. This is the opposite of literal language and makes writing more interesting to the reader.
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Flashback
s. Rikki remembered what his mother had told him about what to do if he ever came across Englishmen.
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Foreshadowing
In “Sweet” John had to stay after school every Friday until he passed his spelling test; he stayed after every Friday no matter how much he studied.
t. In “The Landlady” Billy feels a strong pull into the landlady’s house.
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Hyperbole
v. After Rikki killed Nag, Rikki thought his own body was broken into forty pieces from the battle.
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Imagery
w. The dachsund’s skin was hard, cold, grayish-black, dry and perfectly preserved.
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Irony
x. The landlady seemed terribly nice and looked like a best friend’s mother welcoming one into the house. She had a round pink face and gentle blue eyes.
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Metaphor
y. “I am death!” Karait, the dusty brown snakeling said.
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Mood
a. Dark and gloomy (the night the captain visits the Whites)
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Personification
b. The animals in the Indian garden speak, have feelings, cry and chuckle in “RTT”
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Plot
h. • In “Sweet” John likes a girl, Gina Lucci• He asks her to go steady, she agrees & he
buys her a gift• John misspells a word on her card & GL
breaks up w/ him• John still has his friend Sandy
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Point of View
1st person - Z. John, in “Sweet” tells his story using “I” – “Gina Lucci was my idea of the perfect sixth-grade girl.”
o. 3rd Person Limited - In “The Landlady” the story is told using “he” and we know what Billy is thinking.
Omniscient –q.-In “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” the story is told using “he” and we are told what all the characters are thinking & feeling.
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Setting
• J. A modest home in the English countryside, around 1900
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Simile
k. Billy thinks the landlady moves just like a jack-in-the-box in her doorway.
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Theme
c. Be careful what you wish for. (“The Monkey’s Paw”)
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Tone
d. Civilized, polite, proper, and welcoming in “The Landlady”
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Symbolism
u. Rikki’s red eyes represent his fierceness