A. Please begin researching these literature terms. 

B. Open the attached document called "Literary Terms to Know" and save it to your network drive. 

Literary Terms to Know

C. You may copy and paste information you find searching on Google for each term. 

Example: type into Google "definition:setting" without the quotation marks.  No space after the colon.

You may want to start your research at dictionary.reference.com  just to get definitions.  There are also other helpful websites on the attached document.

D. While you are getting definitions, you should also find an example that shows the use of that literary term.

Literature Terms to Know

1. Setting

2. Plot

3. Theme

4. Conflict (4 kinds)

5. Character

6. Climax

7. Rising Action

8. Exposition

9. Falling Action

10. Resolution

11. Personification

12. Foreshadowing

13. Alliteration

14. Acronym

15. Euphuism

16. Satire

17. Simile

18. Hyperbole

19. Analogy

20. Flashback

21. Metaphor

22. Irony

23. Foreshadowing

24. Onomatopoeia

25. Stereotype

26. Sensory Details

27. Myth

28. Paradox

29. Omniscient

30. Idiom

31. Connotation

32. Denotation

33. Parable

34. Sonnet

35. Assonance

36. Diction

37. Epic

38. Syntax: The pattern of formation of sentences or phrases; the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences.

    However far you proceed today, please save a copy to your network folder under "Your last name, Literature Terms."  Print a copy to take with you to complete and/or study for the quiz on these terms.