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Round character

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Highly developed character with many traits

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Character

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Individuals who participate in the action of a literary work.

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Flat character

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A character that exhibits few traits, is not well developed and we know little about them

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Static character

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One who remains the same throughout the story

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Dynamic character

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One who changes throughout the story

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Direct characterization

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When the writer tells you exactly what the character is like.

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Indirect characterization

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When you learn about characters indirectly I.e. What other characters say about them,what the.

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Internal conflict

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One that occurs within a character

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External conflict

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A character in conflict with an outside force ex: another character

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Plot

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The sequence of events in a story

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Setting

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Time and place of the action in the work

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Theme

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Underlying message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader, typically not stated directly but must be inferred.

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Allusion

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Indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work

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Diction

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Writer or speakers choice of words and way of arranging words into sentences.

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Foreshadowing

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A writers use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story.

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Protagonist

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Main character in a work of literature who is involved in the central conflict.

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Antagonist

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The principle character or force in opposition to the protagonist.

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Tone

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Attitude a writer takes toward a subject.

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Foil

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Character who provides a striking contrast to another character.

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First person point of view

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Narrator is a character in the story and we know only what they know

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Third person omniscient

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All knowing point of view

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Third person limited pov

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Not a character, reader only knows what one character knows

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Verbal irony

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When a speaker says one thing but means another

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Situational irony

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What actually happens is the opposite of what is expected

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Dramatic irony

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When the audience or reader knows something important that the character doesn’t.

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Climax

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Highest point of intensity in the story

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Resolution

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How the story ends

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Symbol

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Person, place, object, or activity that stands for something more than itself

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Flash back

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When the author interrupts the story to present events which occurred at a previous time

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Imagery

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Language that appeals to the senses, sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch

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Simile

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Comparison between 2 unlike things using the word like or as

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Metaphor

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Comparison between 2 unlike things NOT using like or as

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Paradox

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Seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that may suggest an important truth.

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Suspense

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Uncertainty or anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in the story.

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration

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Rising action

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Conflict develops and the story events build toward a climax and the complications start to arise.

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Falling action

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After the climax and shows the result of the important decision or action that happened at the climax.

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Alliteration

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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds.

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Onomatopoeia

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Use of words who’s sounds echo their meanings ex: buzz, pop, bam

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Mood

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Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

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Personification

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Figure of speech where human traits are given to an object, animal, or idea.