literary terms 1-30
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| plot | show 🗑
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| show | the arrangement of events in a literary work
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| conflict | show 🗑
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| internal and external | show 🗑
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| internal conflict | show 🗑
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| show | a problem or struggle between a character and someone or something outside of the character
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| exposition | show 🗑
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| initiating incident | show 🗑
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| rising action | show 🗑
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| climax | show 🗑
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| show | events that occur between the climax and the conclusion
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| setting | show 🗑
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| suspense | show 🗑
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| show | an author's use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story
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| show | presents events of the past in the midst of a story in the present
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| mood | show 🗑
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| show | the attitude toward the subject and audience conveyed by the language and rhythm of the speaker in a literary work
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| show | a person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work
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| show | the main character in a literary work
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| antagonist | show 🗑
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| round character | show 🗑
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| show | this character seems to possess only one or two personality traits – little or no background is revealed
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| dynamic character | show 🗑
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| static character | show 🗑
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| trait | show 🗑
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| character motivation | show 🗑
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| show | conversation between characters
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| dialect | show 🗑
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| jargon | show 🗑
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| slang | show 🗑
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| informal language | show 🗑
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| show | the standard language of written communication, formal speeches; may not use contractions or slang
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| narrator | show 🗑
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| point of view | show 🗑
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| prose | show 🗑
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| show | prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events
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| show | prose writing that presents and explains ideas about real people, places, objects or events
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| show | highly imaginative writing that has elements not found in real life
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| biography | show 🗑
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| show | a form of nonfiction in which a writer tells his or her own life story
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