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Literature Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Genre | a category in which a work of literature is classified |
| Inference | a logical guess that is based on facts and one's own knowledge and experience |
| Setting | the time and place of the action |
| Conflict | a struggle between opposing forces |
| Internal Conflict | a conflict that occurs within a character |
| External Conflict | a conflict that involves a character who struggles against a force outside him |
| Point of view | the method of narration used in a short story, novel, narrative poem, and works of nonfiction |
| 1st Person Point of view | the narrator is a character in the story |
| 3rd Person Limited | the narrator tells what only one person thinks, feels, and observes |
| 3rd Person Omniscient | the narrator sees into the minds of all characters |
| Irony | a special kind of contrast between appearance and reality |
| Plot | the events in a story |
| Exposition | 1st stage of a typical story plot |
| Rising Action | the stage during the plot that develops the conflict or struggle |
| Climax | the stage in the plot that is the point of great interest in a story or play |
| Falling Action | the stage of the plot in which the story begins to draw to a close |
| Resolution | the problem is worked out and the story comes to a close |
| Character | the people, animals, or imaginary creatures who take part in the story or play |
| Characterization | the way a writer creates and develops characters |
| Character Traits | the qualities shown by a character |
| Stereotype | characters who are identifies by a single trait |
| Mood | the feeling or atmosphere that a writer created for the reader |
| Foreshadowing | a writer provides a hint that suggests future events in a story |
| Suspense | a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen |
| Narrator | the voice that tells the story |
| Unreliable Narrator | one who tells a story or interprets events in a way that makes readers doubt what he/she is saying |
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