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Vocab 3 Definitions

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Round character   Many personality traits,very human like  
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Cliche   An expression used so often that it has lost its freshness and effectiveness  
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Static character   character(s)changes throughout the story, personality remains the same  
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Antagonist   The person or force that works against the hero of the story  
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Flat character   primarily one personality trait ex:joker-evil  
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Direct characterization   author provides information directly in print  
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Inderect characterization   Not direct; reader "figures out" the personality/information from characters words and actions  
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Dynamic character   character (s) changes throughout the story, emotionally /physically grows  
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Point of View   Perspective from which the story is told  
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Atmosphere   The emotional quality or mood of a story  
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Symbol   Person,place,or thing that represents something most often something concrete or tangible that represents an abstract idea  
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Satire   Writing tht comments on human flaws,ideas,social customs.or institutions in order to change theme  
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Suspense   A feeling of excitement,curiosity or expectation about what will happen  
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Style   The distinctive way that a writer uses language including factors as word choice,sentence length, arangement,& complexity, & the use of figurative language & imagery  
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Third person omniscent   narrator can see into the minds of all characters  
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Third Person   narrator outside the story; uses he,she, they  
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Third person limited   narrator tells only one character perseives  
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First person   narrator is a character in the story uses "I',"we" etc.  
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Hyperbole   a purpuseful exxageration for emphasis or humor and also a figure of speech ex:his mind was a million miles away"  
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Onomatopoeia   the use of words that imitate sounds like hiss,buzz, etc.  
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Oxymoron   A figure of sppech where author groups contradictory terms to suggest a paradox ex:"jumbo shrimp"  
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Allusion   A refrence to a well-known person,place,event, literacy work or art to enrich reading experiench by adding meaning  
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Allegory   A narrative in which objects,persons, or events are symbolic for qualities or things not directly included in the narrative itself.Usally deals with a moral thruth or generalization about human existence  
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Exposition   Part of story usally at begining where characters are introduced background & setting explained  
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Analogy   A comparisson of ideas or objects which are essentially diffrent but which are alike in one significant way,ex:grasshoper & the man who lives only for a momment  
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Protaginist   main character , usally heroic, good type  
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Mood   feeling intended for reader to feel in a literature  
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Characterization   Techniques a writer uses to create &develop a character by what he says & does or other characters say or react to them  
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