| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Plot | Conflict |
| Types of Conflict | Person Vs. Person, Person Vs. Society, and Person Vs. Self |
| Types of Conflict Resolution | Unequivocal and Equivocal |
| Unequivocal Ending | You know what happens |
| Equivocal Ending | Not sure; Ambigious |
| Setting | Place, Time (past, present, future), weather, quotidian time (time of day) literal, mood, symbolic |
| Pathetic Fallacy | Nature shares emotions |
| Character | Can be protagonist, antagonist, flat, round, static, or developing |
| Protagonist | Main character |
| Antagonist | Opposing force/conflict |
| Flat Character | Character emphasized by one characteristic |
| Round Character | Character that is multi-dimensional, has internal conflict |
| Static Character | Character doesn't grow or improve |
| Developing Character | Character has an epiphany, grows for the better, goes from innocence -> experienced is THEME RELATED |
| Point of View | Way the story is told |
| Omniscient | God-like "all-knowing" -> 3rd person |
| Limited Omniscient | 3rd Person -> can read the thoughts of only one character |
| Objective | Used in Drama -> See and Hear but can't know what's being thought |
| 1st Person | Character tells the story can be reliable or unreliable |
| Reliable Narrator | Omniscient, Developing Character |
| Unreliable Narrator | Remain that Way -> static |
| Irony | Difference between appearance and reality |
| Verbal Irony | Spoken, say a lie and know its a lie - Sarcasm |
| Dramatic Irony | *Big One* Spoken, stupid -> Oedipus (himself) -> saying stupid things and ignorance (audience knows) |
| Situational Irony | Plot -> expectations vs. fulfillment |
| Style/Description | Informal, formal, descriptive; details cary weight of story; suggests connotation, denotation, and emotional association |
| Connotation | Percieved Meaning |
| Denotation | literal meaning |
| Emotional Association | negative or positive association |
| Structure | Motif (things that recur to hold parts together) -> how story unfolds/ how the parts fit, aesthetics, ~everything has its place and belongs |
| Aesthetics | Study of the beautiful--- beauty = harmony (order) |
| Theme | The why? the point, message, value, beliefs, world view ~ combination of all Lit terms |
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