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Final Exam Review
Literary Terms used throughout Semester 2
Definition | Term |
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A type of conflict in which the struggle occurs within a character's mind | internal |
A type of conflict in which the struggle is between a character and an outside force (another character, society, a force of nature) | external |
A point of view in which the narrator tells the story using the pronouns "You", "Your," and "Yours" to address a reader or listener directly | second-person |
A point of view in which the character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself | first-person |
A point of view in which the narrator knows everything in the story and reveals the thoughts of all the characters | third person omniscient |
A point of view in which the narrator tells the story from only one character's point of view | third person limited |
Central idea of a work of literature, lesson to be learned | theme |
A character that is fully developed - the writer reveals good and bad traits as well as background | round |
A character who is not very well developed; has few identifiable characteristics | flat |
A character who does not change during the story | static |
A person, place or object which stands for something else or has a deeper meaning attached | symbol |
The time and place of a story | setting |
The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | mood |
Words spoken by a character in a play to the audience that are not supposed to be heard by the others on the stage | aside |
A speech by a single actor who is alone on the stage in which they share their thoughts and feelings | soliloquy |
A long speech made by one actor | monologue |
The turning point or high point of a story | climax |
Two words next to each other in a sentence that are contradictory or mean opposite things | oxymoron |