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Literary Terms II

TermDefinition
Mood The atmosphere a work conveys
Moral The lesson that a story teaches. A fable is an example of a story with a moral.
Motivation The character's reason for their behaviors
Personification Giving human qualities/characteristics to an animal, object or idea.
Plot The series of events in a story
Exposition The first stage of a story plot. Provides important background information and introduces the setting and important characters.
Complications/Rising Action The stage that develops the conflict or struggle
Climax The point of greatest interest in a story or play
Resolution The final stage where the outcome of the story is fully worked out
Protagonist The main character in a story, play or novel. He/She is involved in the main conflict of the story and usually undergoes change.
Setting The time and place of a story
Symbol A person, place, object or activity that stands for something else
Theme A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader
Tone Tone expresses the writer's attitude towards his or her subject
Point of View The perspecive from which a story is told. 1st person = narrator ("I, Me, My") 3rd Person = another source ("He, She It")
Subjective This perspective includes personal opinions, feelings and beliefs
Objective This perspective presents information in a straightforward, unbiased way.
Omniscient Omniscient point of view means that the reader is all seeing and all knowing
Created by: jgarofola
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