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| Setting | The time and place in which the events of a story take place |
| Characterization | Methods used to present the personality of a character in a narrative. |
| Four methods of characterization | 1) physical description of character 2) character's actions and thoughts 3)what other characters say or think about the character 4) what narrator says about the character |
| Character | Persons—or animals or natural forces represented as persons—in a work of literature |
| Flat characters | Are not fully developed |
| Round characters | Are three dimensional/fully developed |
| Static character | Character does not undergo change during the course of the short story/novel |
| Dynamic character | Undergoes change during the course of the short story/novel |
| Conflict | The struggle that takes place between two opposing forces |
| Person vs. person conflict | Conflict takes place between two or more characters |
| Person vs. society | Conflict occurs between a character and society. |
| Person vs. nature | Conflict occurs between a character and nature. |
| Person vs. himself/herself | Conflict takes place within a character’s own mind. |
| Plot | The sequence of related events that make up a story or drama. |
| Exposition | That part of the plot which gives background information about character and setting. |
| Rising action | A series of complications that develop the action (conflict) in a story |
| Climax | The point/turning point where the main conflict is finally solved. |
| Falling action | The events in a story that follow the climax and bring the story to a resolution |
| Point of view | The vantage point from which a narrative is told. |
| Third person omniscient point of view | The narrator can take us all over the world, allowing us to see into the minds of at least two, if not all of the characters. |
| Limited third person point of view | The writer tells the story from the perspective of one character. |
| First person point of view | Told from the perspective of "I" |
| Objective or dramatic point of view | Events are recorded without insight into anyone’s thoughts (as in a videorecording). |
| Theme | The main idea expressed in a literary work; the central insight that the work gives us about human life |
| Imagery | Words or phrases that use description to create pictures, or images, in the reader’s mind. |
