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| protagonist | the main character of a story |
| antagonist | the charact or force the protagonist struggles againist and must overcome |
| characterization | the process of revealing the personality of a character in a story |
| direct characterization | when a writer directly tells you what a character is like |
| indirect characterization | the reader decides what a character is like based on evidence given in the story |
| static characterization | a character who does not change very much throughout the story |
| dynamic characterization | a character who changes as a result of previous events in the story |
| flat characterization | a character who only has one ot two traits that can be explained easily |
| round characterization | a round character has many different traits that sometimes contradict each other |
| conflict | struggle or clash between opposing characters or forces |
| internal conflict | takes place in a character's mind |
| external conflict | when a character stuggles againist an outside force |
| dialect | a way of speaking that is characteristic of a paticular group of peopl |
| exposition | the term for that beginning part of plot that gives information about the characters and their problems |
| flashback | a scene in a movie, play, short story, novel, or narrative poem that interrupts the present day in the story to shift into the future |
| foil | a character who is used to contrast to another character |
| foreshadowing | the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in a plot |
| irony | the contrast between expectation and reality |
| verbal irony | a writer or speaker says something, but really means something else |
| situational irony | when there is a contrast between what seems appropiate and what really happpens and when there is a contradiction between what we expect and what really happens |
| dramatic irony | when the audience knows something the characters don't |
| plot | series of related events that make up a story or drama |
| bare bones | includes the basic situation or exposition , the conflict, the main events, which includes complications, final climax, and the resolution or denouncement |
| point of view | the vantage point from which a writer tells a story. There are three possible points of view |
| first person point of view | one character is the narrator and uses the word I |
| Omniscient point of view | the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems |
| third person point of view | the narrator plays no part in the story and zooms into the thoughts and feelings of one character |
| setting | the time and place of a story or play. Mostly the setting of a narrative is established early in the story |
| suspense | uncertainty or anxiety the reader feels about what is going to happen next in a story |
| theme | the central idea of a work of literature |
| universal themes | common themes found in literature of all cultures and ages |
| tone | the attitude a writer takes toward a subject, a character or the audience. Conveyed through words and details |
| tragedy | play that depicts serious, important events where the main character faces an unhappy end |
| allusion | reference to a statement, person, place, or event from literature, history, religion, mytholoygy, politics |
