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CBA Lit Terms

TermDefinition
Plot The sequence of events in a story (with characters and central conflict) also has expository climax and resolution.
Exposition The part of the story or drama that introduces the characters setting and basic situation.
Climax Turning point of the story, high point in action of plot.
Rising Action Conflict is introduced and raises to climax.
Falling Action End of central conflict in the plot.
Resolution The outcome of the conflict in a plot.
Denounment The final of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel.
Short Story Brief work of fiction, has conflicts and events communicates a message which is a theme.
Novel Long work of fiction, plot and characters are developed throughout the story with several themes.
Novella A fiction work that is longer then a short story but shorter than a novel.
Setting The time and place of action, where story takes place.
Character A person or animal that takes part in a literary work.
Protagonist Main character in literary work.
Antagonist A character or a force in conflict with the main character.
Biography Form of nonfiction which tells a life story of another person; most written about famous people.
Autobiography Story of the writer's own life told by the writer in the first person.
Fiction Prose writing that tells about imaginary characters or events.
Science Fiction Combines elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact, most set in future.
Historical Fiction Real places or events are incorporated into a fictional or made up story.
Nonfiction Prose writing that tells about real places people objects or events.
Prose Ordinary form of written language. Major genre of literature is fiction and non-fiction.
Genre A division or type of literature; poetry, prose, and drama.
Fantasy A highly imaginative writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.
Characterization Act of creating or developing characters, uses direct or indirect.
Conflict A struggle between opposing forces.
Internal Conflict Takes place within the mind of a character; making a decision, taking an action, overcoming a feeling.
External Conflict Character struggles against some outside force, like a person, or forces of nature.
Foreshadowing Cues or hints at what might happen later in a story to build expectation and suspense.
Imagery Words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses.
Irony A contradiction between what happened and what is expected.
Verbal Irony Something contradictory that is said.
Situational Irony Occurs when something happens in direct contradiction to the expectations of the characters
Dramatic Irony The audience is aware of something the character or speaker is not.
Mood The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.
Tone The writer's attitude toward his/her audience and subject.
Theme A central message concern or purpose in a literary work.
Symbol Anything that stands for or represents something else.
Flashback A seen that interrupts the sequence of events to restate events that occurred in the past.
Universal Theme A message about life that is expressed regularly in many different cultures and time periods.
Motive A reason that explains a character's thoughts, feelings, actions, or speech.
Narrator A speaker or character who tells the story.
Point of View The perspective or vantage point from which the story is told.
Personification A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.
Flat Character A character that is one sided and often stereotypical.
Round Character Fully developed and exhibits both faults and virtues.
Static Character One who does not change.
Dynamic Character One who changes during the course of the story.
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