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nail literary terms
literary terms for mrs. nail that you need to know for the exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Genre | category or type of literature |
| Prose | everyday spoken language or written word; not poetry |
| Short Story | a narrative that deals with a central conflict |
| Plot Line | Parts of a Story: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution |
| Plot | the sequence of events that happen in a story |
| Exposition | beginning of a story introduces setting, characters, main conflict |
| climax | turning point or greatest moment of tension of a story |
| Resolution | outcome of the conflict in a plot (end of a story) |
| Narrator | speaker or character who tells the story |
| Point of View | narrator either in the story or outside the story |
| First Person Point of View | story told by a character using pronoun “I” |
| Third Person Point of View | narrator outside the story using he or she; there is no “I” |
| Third Person Limited | narrator tells the story from one character’s inner thoughts. |
| Omniscient third person point of view | narrator knows and tells about what each character feels and thinks |
| Setting | time and place of a story |
| Conflict | problem or struggle between opposing forces in a story |
| Internal Conflict | character struggles to make a decision |
| External Conflict | character struggles against outside force |
| Types of Conflict | Man vs. Man, Man vs. Self, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society |
| Protagonist | character experiencing the conflict/problem in story |
| Antagonist | character causing the conflict/problem in a story |
| Character | person or animal that takes part in the action of the story |
| Characterization | act of creating and developing a character |
| Direct Characterization | writer states character’s traits directly to the reader |
| Indirect Characterization | writer depends on the reader to make conclusions |
| Round Character | fully developed; reader knows the character like a friend or relative |
| Flat Character | one-sided information; reader knows very little |
| Dynamic Character | character grows and changes during the story |
| Static Character | character stays the same throughout the story |
| Inference | when you use the facts presented to come to your own conclusions |
| Theme | a message about life or human nature presented by the author; may be stated directly or it may be left to the reader to figure out by examining the literary work carefully |
| Tone | attitude writer takes toward his subject or audience |
| Mood | feelings or emotions a story creates in the reader |
| Anecdote | brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event |
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