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Vocab Circle of St

MVMS English 7 Vocab from Circle of Stories Unit

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Genre a particular type or category of literature
Comedy agenre of literature that strives to amuse or be humorous; contains a comic protagonist who is threatened with a disturbance to their world such as a loss of freedom or separation, has to overcome obstacles to return life normal, has a happy ending
Tragedy a genre of literature where the protagonist is trapped in a situation which brings about disaster, usually have a main character who is essentially good and worthy, but who possesses a tragic flaw which brings their downfall, & an unhappy ending
irony a genre of literature which is used to criticize human weakness in order to improve it.
satire a genre of literature which is used to criticize human weakness through the use of humor or wit.Satire pokes fun at human weakness in order to improve society
Romance a genre of literature which is attempts to entertain through adventure. Romance usually has a protagonist with special powers or ability, an easliy recognizable villain, an action packed plot heroic events and an exotic location
protagonist the main character in a story.(The antagonist is the opposite of the protagonist and is oftern in conflict with the protagonist)
Tragic flaw a weakness or fault in a tragic protagonist's character which brings about the downfall.
character a person/animal/thing presentd as a person who helps to tell a story.
plot the sequence of related events in a story
conflict a struggle between opposing force. The central tension in a literary story. A. Person Vs Person Person vs Nature person vs self person vs society
situational irony when you expect one thing and something different occurs
dramatic irony when the reader (or audience) knows something that the character in the story does not know
verbal irony when you say one thing but you really mean something else
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