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| Summary | description of a text’s central ideas and most important features |
| Explicit (literal) | details directly in the text / clearly stated by the author |
| Implicit | features/actions implied / author expects readers to draw conclusion from given diction |
| Inference | conclusion drawn from details in the text that was implied; a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning |
| Analysis | deconstruction and examination of any or all elements of the text |
| Characterization | The way characters are developed in a story, including details about the beliefs/hopes/dreams/ideals/values/morals/fears/strengths/weaknesses/vices/virtues/talents of the characters and the characters’ physicality. |
| Protagonist | the story’s main character who is faced with a problem; commands the reader’s empathy, even though s/he might not always be admirable |
| Antagonist | the character or force that presents an opposition for the protagonist |
| Conflict | The kind of struggle between opposing forces created by the story problem that the protagonist faces in the story. |
| Character vs. Character (external conflict) | protagonist struggles with another character (antagonist) |
| Character vs. Self (internal conflict) | protagonist struggles with his soul, physical limitation, decision |
| Character vs. Nature (external conflict) | protagonist struggles with elements in nature |
| Character vs. Society (external conflict) | protagonist struggles with a society, its laws, judgements, etc. |
| Character vs. Supernatural (external conflict) | protagonist struggles with fate / luck ...the unknown |
| Character vs. Technology (external conflict) | protagonist struggles with aspects of technology |
| Metaphor | a comparison : my love is a rose, or he was a snake |
| Simile | a comparison using "like" or "as": my love is like a rose, or he was as mean as a snake |
| Personification | describing inanimate objects and animals with human traits and characteristics. Example: the comforting fire |
| Plot | The series of events that make up a story. |
| Exposition | Background information about characters, setting, situation. The inciting event is the specific event that begins the problem-conflict, ending the exposition. |
| Rising Action | After the inciting event, a chain of events continues to complicate / develop the central problem-conflict. |
| Climax | The point in a story where the problem begins to turn, creating the greatest suspense or interest. |
| Resolution | Tying up of loose ends-the problem is solved one way or another. |
| Character Motivation | the reasons a character does or says something |
| Direct Characterization | explicit detail in a story that defines a character |
| Indirect Characterization | detail that implies traits of a character |
| Comprehension | understanding the author-intended story details |
| Round Character | a character has many different traits |
| Flat Character | a character has one main trait |
| Dynamic Character | a character changes their mentality / emotional state from the beginning to the end of the story |
| Flat Character | a character's mentality / emotional state stays the same from the beginning to the end of the story |
| Inciting Incident | appears at the end of the exposition and starts the conflict in the story |
| Internal Conflict | a problem that occurs inside a character |
| External Conflict | a problem that occurs with someone or something outside of the character |
