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English
| Setting | The time period and place in which the action of a story takes place |
| 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 | Chain of events that take place as the main character struggles to achieve his or her goal |
| Climax | The point of highest emotional intensity |
| Resolution | Events following the climax in which any remaining issues and resolved |
| Direct Characterization | When writers plainly tell us about the people who inhabit their fictional words |
| Indirect Characterization | Dialogue, Appearance, Private Thoughts |
| Round | Character who has many different traits, some admirable, some not |
| Flat | Character with one or two traits, which can be described in one or two words, shy/demanding |
| Static | Character who doesn´t change |
| Dynamic | Character who seems to live and breathe, who grows and changes during the story |
| Character Motivation | The reason a character behaves a certain way |
| Protagonist | Main character who drives the action |
| Antagonist | Person who conflicts with the main character |
| Internal Conflict | When the main character undergoes an emotional struggle |
| External Conflict | When a person or outside force prevents the main character´s own heart or mind |
| Omniscient Point of View | When the narrator is not a story character and almost never refers to themselves directly / all knowing |
| First Person Point of View | A character in the story that talks to us, using the first-person pronoun |
| Third Person limited Point of View | Play no part in story, they just tell it, focus on character |
| Unreliable | Biased about or ignorant of what has actually occurred |
| Narrator | Story teller |
| Flashback | A scene that represents events that happened before the main time frame |
| Foreshadowing | The use of such clues to hint at what is going to happen later in a story |
| Tone | Attitude a speaker or writer´s takes toward a subject |
| Suspense | The feeling of uncertainty or anxiety about what is going to happen next |
| Mood | Atmosphere affecting the way we feel as we read |
| Symbolism | An object, event, person, or animal that stands both for itself and also for something else |
| Irony | The difference between what we except and what actually happens |
| Verbal | When someone says one thing but actually means the opposite |
| Situational | The opposite of what you thought would happen |
| Dramatic | This feeling of suspenseful helplessness is created |
| Theme | The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition |
Created by:
Angelli Escobar
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