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| Plot | basic sequence of events in a story |
| Setting | where the story takes place, the time, place, and mood of a literary work. |
| Theme | main idea the author wants you to know. |
| Exposition | begining part of the plot, introduces characters, conflict, setting, and theme. |
| Rising Aciton | actions leading up to the climax- development of conflict. |
| Climax | most intese part of the conflict |
| Falling Action | sharp decline- set up for the resolution. |
| Resolution | end of the central conflict |
| Direct Characterization | getting information directly about a character |
| Indirect Characterization | getting info about a character by thier actions |
| Flat character | dosen't grow- actions consistent- (static characters) |
| Round character | grow, well developed, number of personality traits- (dynamic character) |
| Antagonist | bad peron of the story (opposes the protagonist) |
| Protagonist | Hero of the story |
| Simile | figure of speech comparing 2 unlike things using like or as |
| Metaphor | figure of speech, one thing is spoken of as if it were something else. |
| Personification | giving unhuman characteristics to human things |
| Alliteration | repition of words- two or more neighboring words |
| Dramatic Foil | constrating of 1 character to another |
| Onomatopoeia | using sounds as words to imitate sounds |
| Hyperbole | type of figurative language, which has to do with extreme extageration |
| Mood | time, place, and feeling- feeling in the reader; created by the setting |
| Iambic pentameter | poetic meter- 5 sets of iam's, which is a combonation of stressed and instressed syllables, that ends in an end rhyme |
| Monologue | dramtic sketch performed by one actor |
| Epilogue | speech in verse, adressed to the audience by an actor at the scene of the play |
| Prologue | introduction |
| Foreshadowing | giving warning |
| Blank Verse | iambic pentameter with out the end rhyme |
| Tragedy | literary work usually ending in death |
| Allegory | has multiple series/levels of meaning |
| Satire | humorous story- making fun of human falts, cultural falts, in hopes there will be a change |
| Fable | story w/ a morale- usually animals/simple characteristics |
