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literary terms KIND
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Plot | The sequence of events in a story--beginning, middle and end. |
| Exposition | The beginning of the story where the main characters and initial conflicts are introduced. The setting of the story (time, place, weather, culture etc.). |
| Rising Action | Events that lead up to the climax. They help create tension and suspense and may have more conflicts. |
| Climax | The turning point of the story; the moment of tension, emotion, or suspense that determines the resolution. The main conflict is addressed. |
| Falling Action | Action-Eases the tension and shows how the main character resolves the conflict. |
| Resolution | The end of the story where typically the main conflict is resolved. |
| Setting | Where and when the story takes place (including the time, place, weather, culture, customs and traditions). |
| Antagonist | The central character’s opponent (creates the conflict). |
| Protagonist | The central character usually involved in a conflict against the antagonist. May also be known as the hero. |
| Dynamic character | A character who undergoes a significant internal change over the course of the story. This may be a change in understanding, values, insight etc. |
| Static Character | A character who does not undergo a significant change over the course of a story. |
| Theme | The central idea or message about life that is expressed in the story. |
| Conflict | A problem, fight, or struggle between characters, society, nature, or internally within. |
| Person vs. Person: Conflict | This type of conflict finds the main character in conflict with another character, human or not human. |
| Person vs. Nature: Conflict | This type of conflict finds the main character in conflict with the forces of nature, which serve as the antagonist. |
| Person vs. Society: Conflict | This type of conflict has the main character in conflict with a larger group: a community, society, culture, school, etc. |
| Person vs. Self: Conflict | In this type of conflict, the main character experiences some kind of inner conflict like a making a difficult decision or dealing with a personal problem. |
| Central Idea | What the section is mostly about |
| Author’s Purpose | The reason why the author writes: Entertain, Inform, Explain, and Persuade. |
| Mood | The feelings the reader gets from reading the author’s words. |
| Tone | The attitudes and feelings of an author/speaker toward a subject. |
| Characterization | means through which an author reveals a character’s personality. Characterization may be direct or indirect. |
| Direct Characterization: | The author tells the reader what the character is like. |
| Indirect Characterization | The author shows the reader what the character is like through how a character looks, what the character does, what the character says, what the character thinks, or how the character affects the other characters. |
| Noun | Names a person, place, thing, or idea/concept |
| Common Noun | a general name for a person, place, thing, or idea/concept- not capitalized unless it's the first word of a sentence |
| Proper Noun: | the name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea/concept... begins with a capital letter |
| Singular Noun | Names ONE person, place, thing, or idea/concept |
| Plural Noun: | Names more than one person, place, thing, or idea/concept |
| Action Verb | Tells about an action. Sometimes you can see the action (physical actions). |
| Linking Verb | Do not show action, instead, they tell that something is, or they link the subject with a word or words in the predicate. |
| Adjectives: | A word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun. The answer to the questions: What kind, Which ones, & and how many? |
| Adverbs | Modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. They are commonly formed by adding -ly. They answer the questions: How, Where, & and When? |
| Pronouns | Is used in place of a noun |
| vis, spect | to see or look at |
| audio, phone | hear, sound, listen |
| voc, dict | word, voice, or to speak |
| scrib/scrip, graph | write or record |
| soc | being part of a group |
| mem | remembering |
| de | down |
| sub | under or below |
| Antisocial | Unfriendly; not enjoying the company of others |
| Association | A club, society or an organization of people with similar interests |
| Dissociate | To break the ties between, separate from, stop associating with. |
| Society | People, human beings living and working as a group or community. |
| Sociologist | A scientist who works in the area of sociology, which examines the relationships, values, and institutions of communities of people. |
| Commemorate | To honor the memory of. |
| Memento | An object that reminds one of a special time or place. |
| Memorandum | A written or typed note to help one remember something. |
| Memorial | A monument or statue built in memory of a person or an event. |
| Remembrance | An object that keeps memory of something alive. |
| Decrease | v. To make less, to become smaller. n. The process of getting smaller. |
| Dejected | adj. Downhearted, in low spirits, unhappy. |
| Demote | v. To lower in rank or position, to move down or back. |
| Denominator | n. The numeral below the, or to the right of the line in a fraction. |
| Descend | v. To come down, to go from a higher to a lower place. |
| Subdue | v. To bring under control, to quiet down to conquer. |
| Subheading | n. The title or heading for one section of an outline or paper. |
| Submerge | v. To move, or be pushed, under water. |
| Subside | v. To go down, recede, settle, sink to a lower level. |
| Subsistence | n. The minimum amount to sustain life. |
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