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HHAIMS Literary term
HHAIMS Literary terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antagonist | a person who is opposed, struggles against, or competes with another |
| character | an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction |
| character 2nd definition | a person's nature or personality |
| climax | the highest or most intense point in the development of a story |
| denouement | the end, the solution of a story |
| flashback | when a character looks back into the past of a story |
| foreshadowing | the act of providing advance indication; a hint or suggestion given beforehand |
| metaphor | a type of figurative language where something is said to be a different object (meta-change) |
| narrator/narrative voice | one who tells a story through a series of events |
| plot | a sequence of events in a story |
| protagonist | the leading character; hero |
| rising action | the events of a plot preceding the climax |
| setting | the place and time that a story takes place |
| simile | a figure of speech where two unlike objects are being compared using "like" or "as" |
| symbol | a material object or idea that represents something else |
| theme | topic or subject of a story; central idea, message, moral |
| tone | author's feelings about the topic |
| mood | emotions that are implied through the story |