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Characterization
Term | Definition |
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conflict | A struggle between opposing forces |
external conflict | Conflict that takes place outside of the body |
internal conflict | Conflict that takes place inside the body |
man vs man | One person struggling with another person or persons |
man vs nature | Character struggles to survive in nature |
man vs society | Struggle between a character and rules and customs of society |
man vs self | Struggle in your mind; against your conscious |
antagonist | Secondary character (bad guy) |
protagonist | Main character (good guy) |
character | a person or an animal that performs the action in a story |
characterization | the way in which a writer creates a character |
dialogue | the words that characters speak to each |
central character | the most important character in a story,novel,or play, A piece of literature may have more than one |
mood | the feeling a reader gets from the story |
narrator | the person or character who is telling the story |
plot | the story action,witch is a series of event called a plot line. A typical plot line contains five parts |
exposition | the beginning of a story,when the setting,characters and conflict are introduced |
rising action | a series of events that occur after the exposition and lead to the climax of the story. |