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Literary Elements
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Plot | Chain of related events that take place in a story. |
| Conflict | Struggle between opposing forces |
| External | Conflict in which a struggle is pitted against an outside force. Man Vs. Man Man Vs. Nature Man Vs. Society |
| Internal | conflict in which a struggle occurs within a character. Man VS. Self |
| Exposition | introduces the characters, the setting, and the basic situation |
| Inciting Incident | moment at which the conflict is introduced |
| Rising Action | complications of the plot and building of suspense |
| Climax | turning point of the action when intensity reaches its peak |
| Falling Action | events that occur after the climax and as the intensity subsides |
| Resolution | conflict is resolved or comes to an end |
| Characters | people involved in the action of the story |
| Setting | the time and place of the events in the story |
| Irony | a difference between appearance and reality, or expectation and result |
| Verbal Irony | what is said is different from what is meant |
| Situational Irony | an event occurs that contradicts the expectations of the reader or audience |
| Dramatic Irony | a difference between what a character thinks and what reader or audience knows |
| Mood | the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or oassage |
| Point of View | vantage point from which a story is told |
| Theme | the general idea about life that the author wants to communicate |
| Protagonist | the main character or most important character in the story |
| Antagonist | character who opposes the main character |
| Round Character | shows many different traits-faults as well as virtues |
| Flat Character | shows only one trait |
| Dynamic Character | develops and grows during the course of the story |
| Static Character | does not change |
| first person point of view | the narrator is involved in the action |
| third person limited | narrator is not involved in the story and reveals the thoughts of a single character |
| third person omniscient | the narrator, who is not involved in the story, can see into the minds of all the characters |
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