Lucas' literary lexi Word Scramble

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A contrast between appearance and reality-usually one in which reality is the opposite from what it seems.	Irony
The action and events that take place in the story and build up to the critical moment when the main conflict is confronted.	Rising Action
When a character must make a decision about a problem or struggle he is having within himself.	Character vs. Self
Words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of something else; always involve some sort of imaginary comparison between seemingly unlike things; not meant to be taken literally	Figures of Speech
A central message or insight into life revealed through the literary work. A lesson about life or people.	Theme
Events that occur after the climax and lead up to the closure and conclusion of the story.	Falling Action
The quality that makes the reader uncertain or tense about the outcome of events.	Suspense
A play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply different meanings. They can have serious as well as humorous uses.	Puns
A character that undergoes a change in actions or beliefs during the course of a story.	Dynamic
When a character has a problem with a tradition or rule of society.	Character vs. Society
A reference to a literary, mythological, or historical person, place, or thing.	Allusion
The emotions or associations a word normally arouses in people using, hearing, or reading the word. POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, NEUTRAL	Connotation
A character that does not grow or change throughout the story, that ends as he/she began.	Static
A comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of words LIKE or AS.	Simile
The perspective from which a story is told.	Point of View
A deliberate, extravagant and often outrageous exaggeration; may be used for either serious or comic effect.	Hyperbole
The specific dictionary definition of a word.	Denotation
The writers attitude or feeling toward a person, a thing, a place, an event or a situation.	Tone
When a character has a problem with another character.	Character vs. Character
The arrangement and repetition of words, phrases, or sentence structures; adds rhythm and emotional impact to writing.	Parallelism
Writing that gives animals, inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics.	Personification
the use of any object, person, place or action that both has a meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself, such as quality, attitude, belief or value.	Symbol
When a character has a problem with a force of nature such as cold, storms, earthquakes, etc.	Character vs. Nature
A struggle between two opposing forces.	Conflict
When important aspects of a story are given important positions and in-depth development; created by repetition, parallelism, extensive detail, and/or mechanical devices such as capitalization, italics, symbols, and/or color.	Emphasis
A recurrent element in a literary work; a pattern or strand of imagery or symbolism.	Motif
Interrupts the peace and balance of the situation and one or more of the characteristics comes into conflict with an outside force, himself, or another character.	Inciting incident
A form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression.	Oxymoron
Facts revealed by the author or speaker that support attitude or tone in the work.	Detail
When a character has a problem with something he can't do anything about, such as God, luck, death, etc.	Character vs. Fate
The most critical moment in the story; the point at which the main conflict is at its highest point.	Climax
The central character, and focus of interest who is trying to accomplish or overcome an adversity, and has the ability to adapt to new circumstances.	Protagonist
An event in which the essential nature of something is suddenly understood in a new way; a sudden realization	Epiphany
The character opposing the protagonist; can be a person, idea, or force.	Antagonist
A comparison of two unlike things not using like or as.	Metaphor
The words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch).	Imagery
A type of character, action, or situation that occurs over and over in literature; a pattern or example that occurs in literature and life.	Archetype
The problem set up in the inciting incident is unraveled; there is a revelation of meaning.	Denoument
Reiteration of a word, sound, phrase or idea.	Repetition
A reason that explains a character's thoughts, feelings, actions, or behavior.	Motivation
The sequence of events or actions in a short story, novel, play or narrative.	Plot
The use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur.	Foreshadowing
The methods used by an author to create a character, including: physical appearance, speech, thoughts, actions, and/or feelings, OTHER characters' speech, thoughts, actions, and/or feelings, direct comments by the author about the character.	Characterization
Word choice. An author often chooses a word because it suggests a connotative meaning that comes from its use in various social contents.	Diction
An accepted phrase or expression having a meaning different from the literal.	Idiom
The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.	Mood
The author lays the groundwork for the story by revealing the setting, relationships between the characters, and situation as it exists before conflict begins.	Exposition
The background against which action takes place: geographical location, occupations, time and period, general enviroment.	Setting

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