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| Fiction | is prose created from the imagination and usually narrative. |
| A character | is a person (or sometimes an animal) who takes part in the action of a literary work. |
| A protagonist | is the main character in a story. |
| An antagonist | is a character who struggles against the main character. |
| Flat character | reveals only one quality or character trait. |
| Round character | seems to have all the complexities of an actual human being. |
| The Conflict | the central problem (s) or struggle that the protaganist has to resolve |
| The internal conflict | takes place within a character. |
| Setting | place & time |
| Theme (or any other literary work) | a central idea of the work. |
| A story may have | more than one theme. |
| Point of view | is the vantage point from which a story is told. |
| Juxtaposition | a literary device in which people, places, or things are place side by side for comparison in order to make a point |
| Foreshadowing | Hints given in the text as to what’s going to happen later in the book or story |
| Irony (dramatic) | When reality is different from appearances; When outcome turns out different from expectations; When seemingly contradictory words are used together. |
| Flashback | A literary device in which the author/director brings reader/viewer back in time |
| Symbolism | a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract. |
| Motifs | the building blocks of a novel; they are common references, images, and phrases that help the author build the theme (s) |
| imagery | language that appeals to the five senses: sight, smell, sound, touch |
| Irony (verbal) | words used together that seem to be contradictory |
| Irony (dramatic) | t occurs when the audience is aware of something that the characters in the story are not aware of: Wiley Cayote is about to turn a door knob that will trigger a bomb on the other side of it; the audeince can see it but he can't. |
