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lit wrkshp plot note
Term | Definition |
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plot | the chain of related events that explains to us what happens in a story |
conflict | a struggle between two opposing characters or forces |
internal conflict | a struggle that occurs within the main character. This struggle happens within the characters own mind |
external conflict | a struggle that the main character has with another character with society or with a natural force |
character | a person animal or imaginary creature in a story, play, or another literary work |
setting | the time and place of a story |
theme | the general idea or message about life that is revealed through a work of literature |
idiom | a type of figurative language that means something other than the literal translation of the individual words |