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8th Grade Literature Final Review • Fall 2000

Literary terms to prepare you for the 8th grade final exam.

AB
devouredate greedily
unwantednot usual
indicativegiving in suggestion; showing
divergedbranched off
assiduouslycarefully and busily
oratorspublic speakers
censuredcondemned as wrong; criticized
somberdark and gloomy
intimateprivate or personal
conspicuousnoticeable
smolderingburning or smoking without flame
intuitionability to know immediately without reasoning
alienateto make unfriendly; estrange
virtuousmoved; upright
eloquentfluent, forceful and persuasive
bedraggleddirty and wet
simultaneouslyevents happening at same time
strifeconflict
broachedstarted a discussion about a topic
conceptionan original idea, design, plan, etc.
themea literary work it is central message, concern or purpose. a theme can usually be expessed as a generalization or general statement about people or life
conflicta struggle between opposing forces
first person narrativeone who tells a story and participates in the action
paraphaserestate line in your own words
soliloquyin along speech in a play or in a prose work made by he character who is alone
minor characterplays a lesser role but as necessary for the story to develop
major characteris the most important character in a story, poem or play

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