| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Round Character | A complex character with fully dynamic traits. |
| Static Character | Unchanged Character |
| Stock Character | Sterotype Character |
| Verbal Irony | What you say is not what you mean. |
| Allusion | A brief refrence to somthing |
| Connotation | In your own words |
| Denotation | Dictionary meaning |
| Dynamic Character | A character that undergoes change because of an event in the story. |
| Flat Character | A character that can be identified by one or two traits |
| Genre | Type of writing |
| Flash back | Return to the past to understand the present |
| Author's Purpose | The reason the author wrote the story |
| Author's Organization | How the author organizes his writing |
| Forshadowing | Prediction |
| Conflict | Problem |
| Rising Action | Events leading to the climax |
| Crisis | Major problem |
| Climax | Where all the action takes place |
| Falling Action | What happens after the climax |
| Resolution | Solution |
| Protagonist | Main character |
| Antagonist | Bad guy |
| Point of view | Angle from which a story is told |
| First person | Tells what you feel |
| Third person | Can see into mind of other characters |
| Ominiscint | Knows everything |
| Irony | What you think is goin to happen doesnt |
| Tone | Attitude |
| Mood | How the author makes you feel |
| Symbolism | somthing that represents somthing else |
| Theme | Moral to a story |
| Imagery | Pictures |
| Simile | Comparision of 2 unalike things using like or as |
| Metaphor | Comparision of 2 unalike thing not using like or as |
| Aliteration | Repeated constat sounds |
| Pesonififcation | No human object and give it human characterisitics |
| Onomtopoeia | Words that mimic sounds |
| Hyperbole | Exageration |
| Plot | Main Idea |
| Man vs. Man | One team against another |
| Man vs. nature | Us against mother nature |
| Man vs. Socity | Person going against socal norms |
| Man vs. Self | Person havinng interal conflict |
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