english literary terms #1
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| tone | expresses the writers attitude toward his subject.
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| style | is a manner of writing. it involves not what is said, but how something is said.
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| setting | the time and place of the action of a story, poem, or play.
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| mood | a feeling that a literary work conveys to the reader.
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| plot | a sequence of related events that make up to express.
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| main idea | a central idea that writer wishes to express.
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| conflict | a struggle between opposing forces.
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| foreshadowing | occurs when a writer provides hints to suggest future events in a story.
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| suspense | is a feeling of growing tension and excitement.
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| drama | is a form of literature meant to be performed by actors in front of an audience.
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| theme | a message about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work.
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| historical fiction | contemperary fiction that is set in the past.
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| summarizing | the process of briefly recounting the main ideas of a piece of writing in a person's own words, while omitting unimportant details.
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| climax | the point of maximum interest, or turning point in a story.
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| flashback | a scene from an earlier time that interrupt the ongoing action.
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| imagery | words or phrases that appeal to the readers' five senses.
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| exposition | sets the tone, establishes the setting, introduces the characters and gives the reader important background information. The structure of the plot normally begins with this.
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| rising action | refers to the events in the story that move the plot foward.
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| resolution/ falling action | the part of the plot of a story that occurs after the climax.
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| point of view | the perspective from which a story is told. When the story is told from the first-person point of view, the narrarator is a character in the story. When a writer uses a third-person point of view, the story is told by a narrative voice outside the actio
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| characterization | consists of all the techniques writers us to create characters.
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| dynamic characters | change signifiacntly.
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| static characters | change only a little or not at all.
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| narrative hook | a literary device used at the very beginning of a story to engage the readers curiosity.
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