literary tems
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Stereotype | a pattern or form that does not change. |
| Climax | the high point, or turning point, in a story-usually the most intense point. |
| Irony | using a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of is literal or normal meaning. |
| Falling Action | the action of a play or story that works out the decision arrived at during the climax. |
| Satire | a literary tone used to ridicule or make fun or human vice or weakness. |
| Foreshadowing | giving hints and clues of what is to come later in a story. |
| Parody | a form of literature intended to mock a particular literary work or its style. |
| Protagonist | the main character or hero of the story. |
| Antagonist | the person or thing working against the protagonist, or hero, of the work. |
| Exposition | writing that is intended to make clear, or explain, something that might otherwise be difficult to understand. |
| Allusion | a reference in literature to a familiar person, place, thing, or event. |
| Denouement | the final solution or outcome of a play or story. |
| Point of View | the vantage point from which the story is told |
| Resolution | the portion of the story where the problem is solved. |
| Exposition | writing that is intended to make clear, or explain, something that might otherwise be difficult to understand |
| Conflict | the problem or struggle in a story that triggers the action. |
| external conflict | a struggle between two characters or things in the story and exists outside the character |
| internal conflict | a struggle within one character and the struggle exists inside that character |
| 1st person | when the narrator is telling the story from his/her point of view, the word "I" is present outside of quotes |
| 3rd person limited | when the narrator is telling the story about one character that is not him/herself and is limited to the knowledge of that character |
| 3rd person Omniscient | when the narrator knows what is happening to every character, all-knowing |
| Flashback | when a portion of the story goes back in time |
| 3rd person objective | when the narrator is telling the story about one character that is not him/herself and is aware of other characters' actions and possibly their thoughts |
| Plot | the development of the story line from start to finish |
| framing | a story inside another a story |
| inciting incident | introduces the central conflict |
| verbal irony | words are used to suggest the opposite of their usual meaning |
| dramatic irony | there is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience or reader knows to be the truth |
| irony of situation | an event that occurs that directly contradicts the expectation of the character or the reader |
| title importance | the importance of a title |
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