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Vocab 1
Allusion...
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allusion | An authors purposeful shapes and theme |
| Antagonist | A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary |
| Climax | The point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point |
| Conflict | A literary element that involves a struggle between the opposing forces usalyy a protoganist and an antagonist |
| Connotaton | Additional meaning associated with a word |
| Denotation | Direct amd specific meaning |
| Dynamic Character | A character that changes throughout the course of the narrative |
| Exposition | A literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characteristics, ect. |
| Falling Action | A part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved |
| Fiction | literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describe imaginary events. |
| Flashback | Moments identified by the author that relate to previous events |
| Flat Character | Characteristics that are two demensional and are realatively uncomplicated |
| Foreshadowing | Clues by the author that allude to later events |
| Inciting Incident | The event that sets the central conflict in motion |
| Mood | Feelings evoked in the reader as a reaction to the narratives atmoshpere |
| Narrative | A spoken or written account of conected events |
| Plot | The events that make up a story line |
| point-of-view | The narrators position in realation to the story being told |
| Protoganist | The leading character or one of the major characters in drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text |
| Resolution | The point in a literary text at which the cheif dramatic complication is worked out |
| Rising Action | a realated series of inccidents in a literary plot that builds toward the point of greatest interest |
| Round Character | A realistic character that displays multiple character traits that is complex |
| Stactic Character | A realistic chracter that does not change throughout the course of the narrative |
| Theme | A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly |
| Tone | Authors attitude toward the subject/topic evoked through diction |
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