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Eng 7 Literary Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Character | any person, figure, inanimate object, or animal in a story |
| Protagonist | the main character; the hero of the story; plot is centered about her |
| Antagonist | opponent of the protagonist; the bad guy |
| Dynamic Character | changes over the course of a story; the change is permanent |
| Static Character | remains the same; the events of the story do not change the character's outlook or opinions |
| Point of View | the mode of narration (the perspective) that an author uses to allow readers to "hear" and "see" what takes place in a story |
| Setting | an environment or surrounding in which an event or story takes place |
| Theme | the main idea, or underlying message, of a story that may be directly or indirectly stated |
| Plot | events that make up a story; the pattern or sequence of events |
| Conflict | a struggle between two opposing forces |
| Rising Action | series of events that build up the conflict |
| Climax | turning point of the story; the most interesting part |
| Falling Action | the results of the events in the story; the events immediately following the climax |
| Resolution | the conclusion of the conflict |
| Stanza | a division of four or more lines having a fixed length, meter, or rhyming scheme |
| Rhyme Scheme | the pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry |
| Consonance | repetitive sounds produced by consonants in a phrase or sentence |
| Metaphor | an implied comparison of two unlike things (not using "like" or "as") |
| Tone | attitude of the writer toward a subject or audience |
| Repetition | words or phrases that are repeated to make an idea clearer or more memorable |
| Alliteration | a number of words with the same first consonant sound occur together in a series |
| Assonance | two or more words, close to one another repeat the same vowel sound, but start with different consonant sounds |
| Extended Metaphor | a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem |
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