Horror lit. vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Horror | literature intended to scare or horrify the audience |
| Terror | dealing with "potentially horrifying events", the anticipation of horror |
| Theme | the main idea expressed by a work of literature |
| Plot | the progression of events in a story |
| Foreshadowing | to provide clues for the reader to be able to predict what might occur later on in the story |
| Exposition | gives background information and sets the reader up for the story |
| Climax | the pinnacle or highest point of a story |
| Rising Action | the events leading and building up to the Climax |
| Falling Action | the events that follow the climax, lessing in intensity |
| Denouement | the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot in a story |
| Inciting Incident | the event that starts the rising action |
| Foil | a character that highlights the qualities of the protagonist |
| Bildungsroman | a coming of age story |
| Leitmotif | a melody or theme associated with a specific character in musical drama |
| Conflict | a battle of some sort that takes place, verbally, physically, or emotionally |
| Protagonist | the main character or force |
| Antagonist | the person or force that works against the protagonist |
| Unreliable Narrator | a narrator that may not relay the story accurately (ex: the Yellow Wallpaper) |
| Setting | the environment where the story takes place |
| Verbal Irony | sarcasm; contrast between what is said an what is meant |
| Dramatic Irony | contrast between what a character thinks to be true and what the audience knows to be true |
| Situational Irony | contrast between what is expected to happen and what occurs |
| First Person POV | story told by a character in the story |
| Third Person Limited POV | story told from a perspective that is not part of the story and has limited knowledge of the events and characters of the story |
| Third Person Omniscient POV | story told from a perspective that is not part of the story and has unlimited knowledge of the events and characters of the story |
| Irony | an outcome of events contrary to what is expected |
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