Litereay Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 protagonist | the main character |
| antagonist | a force that contends with or opposes the main character |
| theme | a statement that expresses the basic meaning of the story; the author's message about life |
| mood | the feeling the author creates for the reader |
| setting | the time, place, and chief circumstances in which the enents of a stoy occur |
| climax | the point of highest interest or dramatic intensity |
| resolution | it is the ending- the problems are solved |
| symbol | any object, perion, or action which signifies something more abstract or general |
| allusion | a reference to a familiar person, place, or thing |
| plot | a story's series of events |
| personification | a figure of speech which gives human qualities to an animal or non-living thing |
| onomatopoeia | a figure of speech in which the sound of words is suggestive of their meaning |
| imagery | language that appeals to the senses; vivid description |
| simile | a figure of speech that compares 2 different things using "like" or "as" |
| metaphor | a figure of speech that compares 2 different thigs without using "like" or "as" |
| flashback | when the action in the story goes back in time |
| first person narration | the narrator is a character who can reveal only his/her own thought and feelings |
| rising action | those events that lead to a point in the action (they often build suspense or excitement) |
| falling action | all the action that follows the climax and leads to the story's ending |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech using absurd overstatement for poetic, comic, or imaginative effect |
| foreshadowing | the dropping of important hints to prepare the reader for what's to come and to help him/her anticipate the outcome |
| omniscient narration | the narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can enter the minds of all the characters |
| dynamic character | a character in a piece of literature whose basic personality or behavior undergoes a change during the course of the story |
| static character | a character in a piece of literature whose basic personality or behavior remains constant throughout the story |
| exposition | the part that makes things clear to the reader, or explains the background in which the work is set |
| social conflict | person vs. society |
| physical conflict | person vs. person or person vs. nature |
| psychological conflict | person vs. himself or person vs. unknown |
| third person objective | the narrator is an outsider who can report only what he/she hears and sees |
| third person limited | the narrator is an outsider who can see into the mind of one of the characters |
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