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Literary Words

Literary words definition

TermDefinition
Plot Plot refers to the actions and events in literary work.What happens in a story.
Conflict The plot of a story always involves some sort of struggle between opposing forces.Struggle between two opposing forces.Person Vs. person,person Vs. society,person Vs.nature,person Vs.self,person Vs. fate.
Setting The time and place of the action of a story.
Characterization It refers to the techniques that a writer uses to develop characters. 1.Through physical description. 2.Through a character's speech,thoughts,feelings,desire,or actions. 3.Through the speech,feelings,thoughts, or actions of other characters.
Foreshadowing A writer's use of hints or clues to indicate events that will occur later in the story.
Flashback A conversation an episode or an event that happened before the beginning of a story.An interruption in the narrative to show something that happened before that time.
Point of view It refers to the narrative method or the kind of narrator used in a literary work.Perspective or vantage point from which the story is told.Narrative supplies information about the characters. 1.Limited first person:I,me,we
Characterization continue 4.Through direct comments about a characters nature.It can be a human or animal or a creature.Can be based on how a person looks and their personality.Interaction with other character,personal history or other background information.
Protagonist Main character of a story.
Antagonist The source of the conflict.Antagonist can be a person, a group of people, a force of nature, or something within the protagonist's personality.
Subplot less important in a series of events within the main plot.
Point of view continue 2.Limited third person:He,she,they 3.Omniscient third person:Narrator appears to know what everyone is thinking and feeling 3.Question-Ask yourself is the narrator reliable?
Symbol A person, place, thing, or event used to stand for something abstract, such as an idea or emotion, in a literary work.
Theme Main idea and the author's statement.
Created by: jshyni340
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