1. English 9a literary Terms and usage review PowerPoint

2. Conflict: A problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a story.

3. Person against person or man against man conflict

4. Person against self Conflict

5. Person against society

6. Person against nature conflict

7. Theme: The message about life or human nature, which is “the focus” in the story. Typically, this theme shows up throughout the story. A story can have multiple themes.

8. Symbol: A person, place, or thing that represents something beyond itself, most often something concrete or tangible that represents an abstract idea

9. Flashback: Interruption of the chronological (time) order to present something that occurred before the beginning of the story.

10. Flash-forward: Important hints that an author drops to prepare the reader for what is to come, and help the reader anticipate the outcome.

11. METAPHOR: A direct comparison: my love is a rose, or he was a snake

12. Simile: An indirect comparison, mediated by “like” or “as”: my love is like a rose, or he was as mean as a snake.

13. CATHARSIS: is an emotional discharge through which one can achieve a state of moral or spiritual renewal or achieve a state of liberation from anxiety and stress. Catharsis is a Greek word and it means cleansing. In literature, it is used for the cleansing of emotions of the characters.

14. Setting: Setting mainly refers to the time-period a story takes place, and the location.

15. Allusion: A reference to another literary, historic, or artistic concept/work/person.

16. Diction: The author’s choice of words they use, or word choice.

17. Accept: To agree to something EXCEPT: IMPLYING EXCLUDING SOMETHING

18. Adapt: means to adjust or modify Adopt: means to take on

19. Affect: this is a verb, which means to impact or change effect: this is a noun, which refers to the result of change

20. Already: This refers to the rapid passing of time
Already: This refers to the rapid passing of time. All ready: this refers to a number of things that are ready.

21. Among: This is used for relationships of more than two items
Among: This is used for relationships of more than two items. More than 2 Between: this is used for relationships between two items. Only 2