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Term | Definition |
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Plot | a series of events |
Exposition | part of the story in which the basic situation is outlined and the characters and main conflict are introduced |
Rising Action | events that take place as the main character struggles to achieve his or her goals |
Climax | the point of highest emtionial intensity |
Resolution | events following the climax |
Foreshadowing | use of clues to hint at what is going to happen later in the story |
Mood | affecting the way we feel as we read |
Characterization | revels a character's personality |
Direct Characterization | the writer plainly tells us about the people who inhabit their fiction |
Indirect Characterization | allows you to observe a character in action |
Protagonist | whom you root for, main character |
Antagonist | conflicts with the Protagonist |
Round Character | has many different character traits |
Flat Character | has only one or two character traits |
Static Character | does not change in course of story |
Dynamic Character | live and breathe, who grows and changes during a story |
Motivation | reason a character behaves a certain way |
Narrator | different point of view |
Omniscient | all seeing, all knowing |
First-Person | I this, I that |