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Literary Terms
English Literary Term list
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Essential idea or ideas conveyed to the reader by a piece of fiction, poetry, drama, etc. | Theme |
| Time and place that a story happens | Setting |
| Action that happens chronologically prior to the setting of a piece of fiction | Flashback |
| Hints buried in the text to give the reader a sense of plot developments yet to come.. | Foreshadowing |
| the feeling conveyed to the reader or evoked by word choice, characterization, setting, etc. | Mood |
| person, animal, or otherwise, seen or unseen, taking part in the action of a story, poem, play, movie, or novel. | Character |
| character with little to no important characterization | Flat Character |
| character that is well-characterized; reader “knows” the character | Round Character |
| Actions, dialogue, and narrative description that reveal a sense of a character’s personality to the reader. | Characterization |
| Characters speaking within a text. | External Dialogue |
| Narrator’s internal thoughts. | Internal dialogue |