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Literary terms (n)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an event that gets a story started; For example, a crime that happens at the beginning of a cop show would be known as the... | inciting incident |
| when an author drops hints about what will take place later in the story | foreshadowing |
| a struggle between two opposing forces; four major types of this struggle are man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society, and man vs. himself | conflict |
| the high point of a story, when the readers' questions are answered | climax |
| the time and place in which a story occurs | setting |
| a person (or animal) that has a role--or significant part--in a story | character |
| the way in which an author presents or portrays a character; example: an author making a character seem very wise | characterization |
| the things that happen in a story, storyline | plot |
| the one telling a story is the... | narrator |
| When a storyteller uses pronouns such as "they," "he," "she," etc. and is not a character in the story, the story is being told in... | third-person |
| When a storyteller uses pronouns such as "I," "me," "we," etc. and is a character in the story, the story is being told in... | first-person |
| a major idea in a story; examples: family, loyalty, friendship, jealousy, love, etc. | theme |
| literature that is made up and not based on facts | fiction |
| literature that tells readers about something that really happened | nonfiction |
| when a writer makes something that is non-human seem like a human; example: "John's laptop was being uncooperative." | personification |
| When an unseen storyteller knows everything that is going on in different places and in the minds of different characters, this storyteller is described as being... | omniscient |
| the way a character's speech sounds because of where they're from; the phrases and expressions a character from a certain region might use | dialect |
| conversation between two (or more) characters, almost always indicated in a story by the use of quotation marks | dialogue |
| a pause in the action of a story to present a scene or event that happened in the past, before the story even began | flashback |
| an event or occurrence that is the opposite of what one might expect; example: a couple finding a fortune that they believe will save their suffering child only to have that fortune be the cause of the child's death | irony |
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