Any of the persons involved in a story or play.

Developing or Dynamic Character

One who during the course of the story undergoes a permanent change in some aspect.

Someone who is summed up in one or two traits.

A minor character whose situation or actions parallel those of a major character; most often the contrast is complimentary to the major character.

A character who is complex and many sided.

A character who is the same sort of person at the end of the story as at the beginning.

A stereotyped character: one whose nature is familiar to us from prototypes in previous literature.

A clash of actions, desires, or goals in the plot of a story or drama.

What a word suggests beyond its basic definition; a word's overtones of meaning

What a word suggests beyond its basic definition; a word's overtones of meaning.

Direct Presentation of Character

The method of characterization in which the author, by exposition or analysis, tells us what a character is like

The specific use of words or word choice.

The turning point or high point in a plot.

The segment of the plot that comes between the climax and the conclusion.

The representation through language of sense experience.

Indirect Presentation of Character

The method of characterization in which the author shows us a character in action, compelling us to infer what the character is like.

A situation, or a use of language, involving some kind of incongruity or discrepancy.

The sequence of incidents or events of which a story is composed.

Any force in a story that is in conflict with the main character.

The development of the plot in a story that precedes and leads up to the climax.

The central idea of a literary work.

A writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience; the emotional meaning of a work

It is how the language is used like formal or informal; as well as word order and punctuation.

The portion of a plot that reveals the final outcome of its conflicts or the solution of its mysteries.

A reference, explicit or implicit, to something in previous literature of history.

The central character in a story.

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AP Lit. Terms 1

Question	Answer
Character	Any of the persons involved in a story or play.
Developing or Dynamic Character	One who during the course of the story undergoes a permanent change in some aspect.
Flat Character	Someone who is summed up in one or two traits.
Foil Character	A minor character whose situation or actions parallel those of a major character; most often the contrast is complimentary to the major character.
Round Character	A character who is complex and many sided.
Static Character	A character who is the same sort of person at the end of the story as at the beginning.
Stock Character	A stereotyped character: one whose nature is familiar to us from prototypes in previous literature.
Conflict	A clash of actions, desires, or goals in the plot of a story or drama.
Connotation	What a word suggests beyond its basic definition; a word's overtones of meaning
Denotation	What a word suggests beyond its basic definition; a word's overtones of meaning.
Direct Presentation of Character	The method of characterization in which the author, by exposition or analysis, tells us what a character is like
Diction	The specific use of words or word choice.
Climax	The turning point or high point in a plot.
Falling Action	The segment of the plot that comes between the climax and the conclusion.
Imagery	The representation through language of sense experience.
Indirect Presentation of Character	The method of characterization in which the author shows us a character in action, compelling us to infer what the character is like.
Irony	A situation, or a use of language, involving some kind of incongruity or discrepancy.
Plot	The sequence of incidents or events of which a story is composed.
Antagonist	Any force in a story that is in conflict with the main character.
Rising Action	The development of the plot in a story that precedes and leads up to the climax.
Theme	The central idea of a literary work.
Tone	A writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience; the emotional meaning of a work
Syntax	It is how the language is used like formal or informal; as well as word order and punctuation.
Denouement	The portion of a plot that reveals the final outcome of its conflicts or the solution of its mysteries.
Allusion	A reference, explicit or implicit, to something in previous literature of history.
Protagonist	The central character in a story.

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