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II . Literary Terms for Realistic Fiction

II . Literary Terms for Realistic Fiction . Simile: a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as Example: Her hair was as black as night. B. Metaphor: a comparison of two unlike things not using like or as Example: I am a cheetah.

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II . Literary Terms for Realistic Fiction

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  1. II. Literary Terms for Realistic Fiction • Simile: a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as Example: Her hair was as black as night. B. Metaphor: a comparison of two unlike things not using like or as Example: I am a cheetah.

  2. C. Flashback: a change in the timeline of events in a story, going back in time from the present. A common flashback technique: “It all started when. . . “

  3. D. Inference: an educated guess based on given information Because she was crying when she walked out of the classroom, I inferred that the test was really hard.

  4. E. Personification: giving human characteristics to something not human My computer hates me! We fight all the time.

  5. F. Idioms: a word or phrase which means something different from what it says. “raining cats and dogs”

  6. Characterization: The ways that a writer creates characters. They develop the character’s thoughts and feelings, actions, physical description, speech, and reactions of other characters.

  7. H. Foreshadowing: giving hints or clues of what might happen at a future time in the story • Example: “We got away without anyone knowing it was us who broke the window, or so we thought.”

  8. I. Dialogue: a conversation between two or more characters in a literary work

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