Literature Mid-term Vocabulary
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Phamin8or on December 13, 2007
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vocabulary, mis, literature, grade, 8th
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Lit. Mid-term Dec. 18
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 plot | sequence of events that makes up a story |
| exposition | introduces the settings, character, general storyline, and basic situation |
| rising action | introduces and develops the central conflict; action builds towards the high point |
| climax | high point of interest or purpose; turning point |
| falling action | end of central conflict; after the high point and reveals what happens as a result of climax |
| resolution | event occurring during the falling action; conflict solved |
| conflict | struggle between opposing forces |
| internal conflict | struggle in the mind of the character; man vs. self |
| suspense | feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work; keeps the reader interested |
| flashback | scene within a story showing past events during a present scene; scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events that occur in the past and relate to the present |
| foreshadowing | author's hinting about future events in the story |
| external conflict | outside force; may be between two characters caused by a difference in ideas or personalities; man vs. nature or man vs. society |
| first person narrator | told by a character who uses the first-person pronoun "I"; limited to what only the narrator knows |
| third person limited | told by a character who stands outside the action and speaks about it; uses third person pronouns "he" or "she" |
| omniscient | narrator knows and tells about what each character feels and thinks |
| protagonist | main character |
| antagonist | character or force in conflict with a main character |
| main character | most important character |
| narrator | speaker or character who tells a story |
| minor character | character with lesser role in the story but helps develop the main character |
| round character | fully developed and has many traits |
| flat character | one sided and stereotypical |
| point of view | perspective from which story is told |
| characterization | process by which authors create memorable characters and give them characteristics of interesting people |
| character | person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work |
| direct characterization | author tells about the character |
| indirect characterization | the character is revealed through their personality, appearance, words, actions, and effect on others |
| dynamic character | one who changes or grows during a story |
| static character | one who does not change during the story |
| motive | reasons behind a character's actions |
| stereotype | generalization about a character's traits |
| dialect | form of language spoken by people in a certain region or group |
| dialogue | conversation between characters |
| setting | time and place of the story or action; overall enviroment of story; influences plot development and character's actions |
| mood | feeling created in the reader by a literary work |
| atmosphere | same as mood - feeling created in the reader by a literary work |
| theme | central message, concern, or purpose;"insight into/about life"; gift of meaning that the author gives you; underlying message |
| explicit theme | states the theme in the story directly |
| implicit/implied theme | author makes you figure this insight yourself; you must infer from the events and characters in the story; |
| allusion | reference to a well-known person,place,event, literary work, or work of art EX. Atticus says "let this cup pass from me." we relate this to Jesus in the garden before his crucifixion |
| inference | reasonable conclusion drawn from given facts or clues in the story |
| tone | writer's attitude toward reader or subject |
| style | typical way a writer writes, including word choice and sentence structure |
| symbolism | anything that represents something else |
| irony | a surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions or problems; contradiction between what the character thinks will happen and what the reader knows to be true |
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