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LIterary terms
Terms with definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Foreshadowing | the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in the story |
| Exposition | introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation |
| Rising action | events leading up to a climax |
| Conflict | opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot) |
| Falling action | events after the climax, leading to the resolution |
| Resolution | end of story where loose ends are tied up |
| Antagonist | the character who works against the protagonist in the story |
| Direct characterization | the writer tells us directly what a character's personality is like |
| Flat character | a character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story |
| Indirect characterization | telling what the character is like through actions |
| Protagonist | the principal character in a work of fiction |
| Round character | this character is fully developed-the writer reveals good and bad traits as well as background |
| First person point of view | a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself |
| Limited omniscient point of view | the story is told from the perspective of one of the characters whose information is restricted to what he/she sees, hears, and feels |
| Omniscient point of view | as if God is telling the story |
| Objective point of view | a point of view, like the view through a movie camera, where the audience does not see the thoughts or feelings of any character |
| Setting | where and when the story takes place |
| Theme | the main idea or meaning of the text. Often, this is an insight about human life revealed in a literary work |
| Tone | the attitude a writer takes toward the reading, a subject, or a character, conveyed through the writer's choice of words and details |
| Point of view | the vantage point through which a writer tells a story |
| Mood | the feeling the reader gets when reading the story |
| Narrator | the teller of the story |
| Antagonist | the character or force that blocks the protagonist |
| Symbol | a person, place, thing or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself |
| Diction | Word choice |
| Figurative language | language that is not meant to be interrupted literally, such as simile, metaphor, personification, etc. |
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