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Characterization
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| conflict | A struggle between opposing forces |
| external conflict | Conflict that takes place outside of the body |
| internal conflict | Conflict that takes place inside the body |
| man vs man | One person struggling with another person or persons |
| man vs nature | Character struggles to survive in nature |
| man vs society | Struggle between a character and rules and customs of society |
| man vs self | Struggle in your mind; against your conscious |
| antagonist | Secondary character (bad guy) |
| protagonist | Main character (good guy) |
| character | a person or an animal that performs the action in a story |
| characterization | the way in which a writer creates a character |
| dialogue | the words that characters speak to each |
| central character | the most important character in a story,novel,or play, A piece of literature may have more than one |
| mood | the feeling a reader gets from the story |
| narrator | the person or character who is telling the story |
| plot | the story action,witch is a series of event called a plot line. A typical plot line contains five parts |
| exposition | the beginning of a story,when the setting,characters and conflict are introduced |
| rising action | a series of events that occur after the exposition and lead to the climax of the story. |