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| plot | a chain of related events, each developing out of the prior one |
| exposition | introduces the setting, characters, and initial conflict |
| complications | events that make the character's problems worse |
| rising action | another name for complications |
| climax | the most emotional and intense part of the plot |
| falling action | the events leading to the resolution |
| characters | a person or animal in a story. |
| static character | a character who does not change much during the course of a work |
| dynamic character | changes as a result of the story's events |
| resolution | when the story is closed. Conflicts are resolved. |
| protagonist | the main character in a work |
| antagonist | the character opposing the protagonist |
| point of view | the vantage point from which a story is told |
| omniscient p-o-v | the narrrator knows everything about the characters and their problems |
| 3rd person p-o-v | the narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of just one character |
| 1st person p-o-v | one of the characters is actually tellling the story |
| theme | the main idea or central message in a work |
| conflict | a struggle between opposing characters or forces |
| external conflict | a character struggles with an outside force |
| internal conflict | takes place within the character's own mind |
| middling | mediocre, ordinary, commonplace |
| jimjams | jitters, nervousness |
| sully | to stain or tarnish |
| cower | to cringe in fear |
| dissection | a cutting apart for study |
| hypothesis | a theory used for research |
| impair | to weaken; make worse |
| naivete | natural simplemindedness |
| proportional | having constant relation in degree or number |
| regression | the return to a less developed condition |
| statistically | involving numerical facts |
| subconscious | mental activity that the person is not aware of |
| conscious | mental activity that a person is aware of |
| refute | prove wrong using evidence |
| invariably | always |
| verified | confirmed |
| obscure | hide |
| subplot | a minor plot that relates in some way to the main story |
| parallel episodes | repeated elements of the plot |
| context clues | hints in the sentence that help you figure out the word's meaning |
| inference | conclusion the reader comes to, based on information in the text and what the reader already knows |
| foreshadowing | the use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot |
| idiom | an expression peculiar to a particular language thqat means soemthing different from the literal meaninf of the words. |
| symbolism | a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well. |
| figurative language | any expressive use of language such as a metaphor or simile |
| irony | a contrast between expectation and reality |
| allusion | a reference to a statement, person, place, or event from literature, the arts, history, etc. |
| duc | to lead |
| ducere | to lead |
| dict | to say |
| vid | to see or look |
| vis | to see or look |
| spec or spic | to see or look |
| voc | call or voice |
| ver | true |
| viv | life |
| vita | life |
| vok | call or voice |
| tract | draw or pull |
| mit | to send |
| miss | to send |
| ject | to throw |
| flu | to throw |
| cess | to move |
| ceed | to move |
| mov | to move |
| mot | to move |
| come | with or together |
| con | with or together |
| cor | with or together |
| ad | to or toward |
| de | down; away from; apart |
| di | down; away from; apart |
| dis | down; away from; apart |
| per | through |
