literary terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 genre | a category or type of literature |
| satire | making fun of a subject |
| point of view | the perspective from which a story is told |
| narrative | a story |
| mood | the feeling created in the reader in a passage |
| protagonist | the main character in a story (good guy) |
| setting | the time and place which the story is told |
| style | the way the author tells the story |
| tone | the way the author expresses the story |
| antagonist | the character that the main character (protagonist) struggles against. |
| theme | the main idea of the story |
| foreshadowing | the clues in a narrative that hint you toward whats coming next |
| flashback | a look to the past |
| characterization | the way the author reveals the personality of a character |
| plot | the main events in a story |
| exposition | is the beginning of the story were the author introduces the characters and setting and gives background info |
| conflict | the main problem in the story (may be internal or external) |
| falling action | events after the climax, leading to the resolution |
| climax | the main part in the story that keeps you hanging and catches your interest the most |
| resolution | the part were the conflict ends and the outcome is clear |
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