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Lillie Peceniak
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Setting | Where and when a story takes place |
| Plot | Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution |
| Exposition | Where the characters, setting, and conflict are introduced |
| Rising Action | Where events in the story are starting to happen and it is building up into the climax |
| Climax | The most intense part of the story |
| Resolution | When the conflict is resolved |
| Characterization | The build of a character |
| Round Character | A character that reflects a real person |
| Flat Character | A character with little emotions or characteristics |
| Static Character | A character who doesn't have a specific thing that makes them stand out |
| Dynamic Character | A character who changes importantly |
| Character Motivation | A character who moves the story forward |
| Protagonist | The main character of the story |
| Antagonist | The character that dissagrees with the main character |
| Conflict | The problem in the story |
| Interal Conflict | A confict within a character |
| External Conflict | A conflict outside a character |
| Point Of View | How the story is being told |
| Omnicent POV | All knowing narrator |
| First-Person POV | Seen from the characters pov |
| Unreliable POV | Youcant trust the narrator |
| Third-Person Limited POV | The narrator doesn't know exactly whats going on in their own story |
| Narrator | The person telling the story |
| Flashback | When you stop the story and go back into the past to explain something |
| Foreshadowing | When an author hints towards something thats going to happen |
| Tone | How the writer writes the story |
| Suspense | Wen soemthing is going to happen you just don't know what |
| Mood | How the story makes you feel |
| Symbolism | When something in the story is meant to represent something |
| Irony | When something dissagrees with another thing |
| Verbal Irony | When you say something but mean the opposite |
| Situational Irony | When something happoens but you mean the opposite |
| Dramatic Irony | When nobody knows whats happening and then the opposite happens |
| Theme | What you learn from a story |