| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Flat Character | A character who shows only one main characteristic during the course of a work of literature. |
| Round Character | A character who demonstrates complexity and many qualities during the course a work of literature |
| Hyperbole | a figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration, or overstatement for effect. |
| Metaphor | not literal, doesnt use like or as |
| Motivation | reason for the characters actions |
| First Person Narraton | from the character's point of view (I) |
| Third Person Limited | narrator talking...but they can only see some characters emotions |
| Exposition | interductions to chacters and setting |
| Rising Action | related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest. |
| Climax | highest most intence point |
| Falling Action | the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved. |
| Denoument | the resolution, general insite or change is conveyed |
| Suspense | feeling of uncertainy about upcoming events |
| Symbolisim | the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character. |
| Theme | topic |
| Inciting Incident | introduces the central conflict, after exposition |
| Static Character | a literary character who remains basically unchanged throughout a work |
| Dynamic Character | developes and grows throughout the story |
| Simile | a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, uses like and as |
| Foreshadowing | the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand |
| Flashback | a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work. |
| Indirect Characterization | hinting about a characters personality |
| Narration Third Person Omniscient | Third person but narrater can see all characters emotions and thoughts |
| Internal Conflict | conflict within a character, person vs. self |
| External Conflict | conflict between characters, person vs. person, person vs. nature. ect. |
| Irony | different expectation then result |
| Imagery | expressive words that create pictures in a person mind |
| Mood | a state or quality of feeling at a particular time: |
| Turning Point | the point in a story where change occurs |
Combine with other sets
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