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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| when and where he story takes place | setting |
| 2.the main ideas of a work of literature, which is a message about human nature | theme |
| the theme is not directly stated ; implied them | implicit theme |
| 4. the theme is directly stated or expressed | explicit theme |
| the struggle that a character faces | conflict |
| 6. conflict in which the struggle is within a persons own self(man vs. himself) | Internal Conflict |
| conflict in which the struggle is between a person and another person or a person and a force of nature | External Conflict |
| 8. the teller of a story | Narrator |
| the vantage POV or perspective from which the story is told | POV |
| 10. when a character in the story is the narrator | First Person |
| outside narrator knows only the thoughts of the main character | Limited Third Person |
| 12. all-knowing outside narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all character | Omniscient Third Person |
| the sequence or order of events in the story | Plot |
| 14. the part of the story where we find introductory information about the characters and setting | Exposition |
| the part of the story where it becomes clear that the characters face a problem, or conflict | Rising Action |
| 16. the event in a story that sets the conflict in motion | Inciting Incident |
| the part of the story in which a decision is made that affects the outcome | CLimax |
| 18. the part of the story in which the action winds down to a conclusion | Falling Action |
| the part of the story in which the loose ends are tied up and the conflict is settled | Resolution |
| 20. normal order in time; most common way to tell a story | Chronological Order |
| a scene that interrupts present actions to show a past event | Flashback |
| 22. planting clues or hints early in the story about what might happen later on | Foreshadowing |
| a person, object, etc. that is used outside its proper place in time | Anachroism |
| 24. the quality that makes the reader eager to know what will happen next | Suspense |
| the writers attitude towards his work | Tone |
| 26. the readers attitude towards a story | Mood |
| a way of speaking or writing hat looks at familiar things in a fresh, new way | Figurative Language |
| 28. giving human-qualities to nonliving things | Personification |
| something that has a literal meaning(it is what it is) and a figurative meaning which makes it stand or something more important | symbol |
| 30. a direct comparison between to unlike things using ¨like or as¨ | SIMILE |
| a direct comparison that is directly stated without using any guide words | Metaphor |
| 32. a reference to a well known character story, song, poem, movie, work off art, etc. to make a point indirectly | allusion |
| a funny imitation of something someone else wrote | parody |
| 34. the use of exaggeration for a humorous effect | Hyperbole |
| a contrast between what is expected or thought to be true and what actually happens | Irony |
| 36. when a reader knows something about a character that the character doesnt even know about himself | Dramatic Irony |
| when a characters action bring unexpected results | Irony of Situtation |
| 38. saying one thing but meaning the exact opposite | verbal irony |
| the people and even the animals appearing in a story | characters |
| 40. a character who is well-developed and seen from several different angles | round characters |
| character who is not well developed | flat character |
| 42. a character that stays the same | static character |
| a character who changes in some way | Dynamic Character |
| 44. a character who conforms to a simplified common type | stereotype |
| the main character of a story who is the one with whom the reader sympathizes | protagonist |
| 46.the person or force working against the main character | antagonist |
| a character who provides a striking contrast to another character | foil |
| 48. writing that comes from the writers imagination | fiction |
| conversation between two or more people | dialogue |
| 50. the use of words that sound like what they describe | onamatopoeia |
| to put something into your own words by summing up the main ideas | paraphrase |
| 52. a writers particular way of writing | style |
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