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Literary Terms

For English test on Wed 10/21

TermDefinition
Central Conflict The main question a writer wants you thinking about as you read.
Background (setting) All information that exists before the central conflict is known.
Rising Action Events that build tension around the central conflict.
Climax The answer is to the central conflict is revealed - tension peaks + breaks.
Falling Action The direct result of the central conflict being answered.
Resolution The indirect result of the central conflict being answered.
Theme The moral or lesson of the story for the reader.
Protagonist The character we root for to achieve their goal.
Antatagonist The entity trying to prevent the protagonist from their goal.
Types of Conflict Protagonist vs. Person Protagonist vs. Self Protagonist vs. Society Protagonist vs. Nature Protagonist vs. Supernatural Protagonist vs. Technology
Symbolism When one entity represents something else.
Metaphor Compares things without using "like" or "as".
Simile Compares things by using "like" or "as".
Narrative Point of View The perspective from which the story is told.
1st Person POV When the narrator is a character in the story.
3rd Person POV When the narrator is not a character in the story.
3rd Person POV - Omniscient Knows every feeling + thought of every character.
3rd Person POV - Limited Omniscient Knows every feeling and thought of 1 character.
3rd Person POV - Objective Doesn't know any thoughts or any feelings of any character.
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