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Literary Terms 9th
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plot | series of related events that make up a story or drama |
| Exposition | type of writing that explains, gives information, defines, or clarifies an idea |
| Conflict | struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces |
| Climax | moment of great emotional intensity of suspense in a plot |
| Foreshadowing | the of clues to hint at events that will occur later in a plot |
| Flash-forward | a scene in a movie, play, short story, novel, or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to shift into the future |
| Flashback | scene in a movie, play, short story, novel, or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to flash backward and tells what happened at an earlier time |
| Resolution | when we learn the outcome of the conflict |
| Dynamic Character | someone who changes as a result of the story's events |
| Rising Action | events leading to the climax |
| Static Character | one who doesn't change much in the course of a story |
| Falling Action | leads to the resolution |
| Chronological Order | going in a sequence |
| Flat Character | someone who has only one or two traits |
| Round Character | someone who has many different character traits |
| Protagonist | main character |
| Antagonist | the opposing character |