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Literary Elements
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Characterization | process by which the write reveals the personality of a character |
| direct Characterization | tells audience the personality of a character |
| indirect Characterization | shows things that reveal the personality of a character |
| characters | people or animals in a story |
| protagonist | who the story is mostly about |
| antagonist | character who cause problems for the protagonist |
| minor characters | supporting characters |
| dynamic character | is a character who has there attitude and or beliefs |
| static character | character who does not have there attitude and or beliefs |
| round character | character who is described in great details |
| flat characters | character readers dont know well for lack of information |
| narrator | person telling the story |
| point of view | perspective from which narrator tells the story |
| 1st person | narrator is a part of the story |
| 3rd person limited | tells the story from one characters point of view |
| 3rd person omniscient | narrator can tell events past, present, and future and tells story through multiple characters |
| setting | where the story is taking place |
| mood | the atmosphere or how makes the reader feel |
| tone | author's attitude toward the subject of the text can be positive ,negative, or neutral |
| diction | word choice/words the author has chosen to tell his/her story |
| imagery | authors use of vivid sensory language to create a mental picture of whats described |
| irony | difference between appearance and reality or when you think something will happen but the opposite happens |
| foreshadowing | hits to help predict what will happen |
| suspense | quality that keeps readers interested in the story |
| symbol | something that represents something else |
| motif | object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work and contributes toward the development of a theme |
| theme | lesson author wants readers to learn |
| plot | events that make up a story or main part of a story |
| exposition | introduction to the story |
| conflict | primary problem that drives the plot of the story often main goal for the protagonist to achieve |
| internal conflict | character must make a difficult decision |
| external conflict | problem created by outside force |
| rising action | events that lead up to the climax |
| climax | most exciting point of the story a turning point for plot main character goals. |
| falling action | everything that happens as a result of the climax |
| resolution | completion of the story |
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