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Terminology Flash Cards Santiago Avendano Setting -Time, Place, and Atmosphere --LOFT: Island--SLOB: South Carolina--451: City in America-- Static Characters -Characters who do not change during the course of a story, poem, or play. --LOFT: Simon--SLOB: Rosaleen--451: Mildred-- Dynamic Characters -A character who changes, especially one who comes to a major realization. -The character must never be able to see the world in quite the same way. --LOFT: Ralph--SLOB: Lily--451: Guy Montag-- Catalytic -A character who incites change in another character. --LOFT: Piggy--SLOB: Zach--451: Clarrise-- Exposition -Basic situation which presents the main characters, setting, and conflict Internal Conflict -Struggle between opposing characters, forces, or emotions. -Man VS Self. External Conflict -Struggle between opposing characters, forces, or emotions. -Man VS Man, Man VS Society, and Man VS Nature. --LOFT: Raplh VS Jack--SLOB: Black VS Society--451: Montag VS Society. Rising Action -Between the conflict and climax, the action begins to build. Climax -Most intense moment in the plot -The moment at which something happens that reveals how the conflict will turn out. Falling Action -Action between the climax and resolution. Resolution -All problems in the story are solved and the story is brought to a close. Theme -A subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition. Foreshadowing -To show or indicate beforehand. To predict. Symbolism -The practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character. Irony -The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning.