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Literary Terms- HE 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Characterization | Process of revealing the personality of a character |
| Indirect characterization | Readers have to use their own judgment to decide what a character is like, based on evidence provided |
| Direct characterization | Readers are told directly what the character is like |
| Static character | A character who does not change much during the course of the story |
| Dynamic characterization | A character that changes as a result of the story’s events |
| Flat character | Has 1 or 2 traits; able to be described in a few words |
| Round character | Like a real person; many different traits, some of which contradict |
| Protagonist | Main character in fiction of drama (positive) |
| Antagonist | Character that forces / block protagonist (negative) |
| Foil | Character who is used as a contrast to another character |
| Conflict | Struggle or clash between opposing forces |
| Internal conflict | A character’s struggles that take place in the mind (needs and desires of 1 person) |
| External conflict | A character struggles with an outside force (nature and society) |
| Foreshadowing | The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later |
| Flashback | Scene that interrupts the present action of the plot to flash backward and tell what happened earlier |
| Point of view | Vantage point where a writer tells a story |
| First person | One person tells the story; only know what character knows (uses I) |
| Third person limited | The narrator tells the story, but has no part in the actual story itself. They zoom in on thoughts and feelings of one character |
| Third person omniscient | “All - knowing” ¬– the narrator knows all about the characters and their struggles |
| Theme | Central idea for a work of literature |
| Tone | Attitude a writer takes towards a subject |
| Mood | A story’s atmosphere or the feeling it evokes |
| Symbol | Person, place, thing, or event that stands for something beyond itself |
| Irony | Contrast between expectations and reality |
| Verbal | A speaker says one thing, but really means another, which is completely different |
| Situational | When there is a contrast between what seems appropriate and what really happens |
| Dramatic | When the audience knows something important that a character in the story does not know |
| Plot | A series of related events that make up a story |
| Exposition | Story’s basic situation |
| Complications | Conflicts and main events |
| Climax | Moment of intensity or tension; learn outcome of conflict |
| Resolution | Outcome of the conflict; what happens after |
| Allusion | Reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history, and pop culture (for example) |
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