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| foreshadowing | Clues the author puts in the story to give the reader an idea of what is happening next. |
| allusion | Reference to a statement person, a place, or events from: literature, history, religion and mythology. |
| internal conflict | When a character has a problem, it happens in the character’s mind. |
| external conflict | When a character struggles with a problem against an outside force |
| direct characterization | When the author directly states what a characters personality is like |
| indirect characterization | Showing a character's personality through his/her actions, feelings and words |
| exposition (plot) | The beginning of a story that introduces the setting and the characters |
| rising action | The beginning of the story where you learn the different characters, the setting. The main character is met with further problems in the story |
| climax | The turning point of a story: The intense part of a story |
| falling action | The part of a story where the tension decreases and the setting ends. |
| resolution | The end of the central conflict shows how the situation turns out. |
| round character | A fully developed character with many different character traits |
| flat character | A one dimensional character with few different traits |
| dynamic character | Changes as a result of the story's events |
| static character | A static character does not change over the story |
| unreliable narrator | a character who recounts events in a way that is false, misleading, or otherwise untrustworthy |
| 1st person point of view | One character is telling the story using the pronoun “I” |
| 3rd person point of view/omnicient | A narrative perspective where the narrator is all knowing, outside observer who can access and share the thoughts, feelings, and actions of every character in the story |
| protagonist | This is the main Character of the story that changes. The most important character |
| antagonist | This is a major character, who opposes the protagonist. The antagonist does not change. Types of antagonists are people, nature and society |
| verbal irony | Saying one thing but meaning something completely different |
| situational irony | A contradiction between what we expect to happen and what really does happen |
| dynamic irony | Occurs when the reader knows something important that the characters in the story do not know |
| theme | The main idea of the story or what is the main thing going on |
