literary terms definitions
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| setting | where a story takes place
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| mood | atmospherethe mood of the story is usually determined by the setting
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| theme | the lesson or message of the story
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| conflict | a problem without a confict there is no story
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| internal conflict | a struggle within ones self
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| person vs. self | a person must make a decision
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| external self | a struggle with ones outside force
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| man vs man | a problem between two people or two groups of people
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| man vs fate | a person who has a problem with facing his or her destiny
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| man vs society | one person in conflict with a group
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| man vs nature | a person in conflict with or struggling agianst any force of nature
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| plot | sequence of events
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| exposition | all background information is given setting and main character
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| narrative hook | the problem and main character is revealed
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| rising action | all of the events leading to the climax
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| climax | most execting part of the story turning part protoganist must make a decision
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| falling action | all the events leading to the conclusion
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| conclusion | the end
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| narrator | person who tells the story
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| tone | authors attitude towards the story
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| point of view | how story told the relationship between the narrator and reader
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| 1st person | the narrator is a part of the story and uses I Me My Our Us
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| 3rd limited | tells the story throught the eyes of one character HE He's They Them
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| 3rd omniscient | tells the story throught the eyes of many characters He She They Them
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| characters | people or animals in a story
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| major | main or most important character
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| protagonist | the character of the story is mostly about the good guy
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| antagonist | the character who causes problems for the protagonist bad guy
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| minor | the supporting or extra characters
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| dynamic | is a character whose thoughts attitude belief doesnt change in a story
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| static | is a charater whose thoughts attitude beliefs
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