| Term | Definition |
|---|
| antagonist | is a character or force in conflict with a main character, or protagonist |
| characterization | is the act of creating and developing a character |
| conflict | is a struggle between opposing forces. |
| external | struggle outside of you |
| internal | struggle with in your self |
| foreshadowing | is the use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur |
| genre | is a category or type of literature |
| point of view | which directs the type and amount of information the writer reveals |
| first-person | when a character in the story is telling it |
| third-person | when a voice outside the story narrates the story |
| irony | is the general term for literary techniques that portray differances between appearence and reality, or expectation and result |
| figurative language | is writing or speech not meant to be inerpreted literally |
| literal language | actual real meaning |
| mood | is the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage |
| plot | is the sequence of events in a literary work |
| protagonist | is the main character in a literary work |
| setting | of a literary work is the time and place of the action |
| symbol | is anything that stands for or represents something else |
| theme | is a central message or in sight into life revealed through a literary work |
| tone | of a literary work is the writers attitude toward his or her audience and subject |
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