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Literary Terms 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antagonist | the person or thing that creates or causes a problem for the protagonist |
| character | a person or animal who plays a part in a story |
| characterization | the way an author reveals the personality of a character |
| direct characterization | the author tells the reader what the character's personality is |
| indirect characterization | the author shows the reader the character's personality through the character's words/thoughts, appearance, actions, and how others respond to him/her |
| conflict | a struggle between two opposing forces in a story |
| internal conflict | a character struggles with his own feelings or decisions |
| external conflict | a character struggles with some outside force |
| dynamic character | a character who experiences an internal change sometime between the beginning and end of the story |
| dialogue | a conversation between two or more characters; enclosed by quotation marks |
| dialect | the form of a language spoken by people in a particular region or group; when the character's accent is evident because of the way the words, phrases, and/or sentences are written |
| foreshadowing | a literary device in which an author gives hints about what will happen later in the story |
| flat character | a character who exhibits very few traits--usually only one |
| figurative language | writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally; describing something through the use of unusual comparisons |
| hyperbole | an obvious, extreme exaggeration |
| imagery | words and phrases that are used to create a "picture" in the reader's mind that helps the reader understand how something looks, sounds, smells, tastes, or feels |
| idiom | an expression that actually means something completely different from what it says that has an understood meaning in a particular culture or group |
| mood | the emotions that an author makes a reader feel through the details of a story |
| metaphor | a comparison between two very different things in which one thing becomes or is called another thing |
| motive | the reasons for the actions of characters |
| plot | the sequence of events in a story; it's what happens in a story |
| point of view | the perspective from which a story is told |
| first person point of view | a character in the story tells the story |
| third person point of view | an outside narrator tells the story |
| protagonist | the main character in a story |
| personification | a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed (given) to an object, an animal, or an idea |
| round character | a character who exhibits several traits |
| setting | when and where a story happens; this also includes atmosphere and surroundings |
| static character | a character who remains basically the same throughout the story |
| simile | a comparison between two things that are quite different but have something in common. This comparison contains the word “like” or “as”. |
| theme | the central message of a story; it tells the reader what the meaning of the story is |
| symbol | an object that stands for or represents an idea or concept other than itself |
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