English 1

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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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The individuals who participate in the action of a literary work.

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Flat character

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Character that exhibits few traits, not well developed, and we know little about them

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Static character

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One who stays 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 telling the reader exactly what the character is like

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Indirect characterization

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When your learn about characters indirectly. By what others say about them, what the character says, physical appearance and what the character does

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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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Character in conflict with an outside forceful

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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 a work of literature

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Theme

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Underlying message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader. Typically this is not stated directly and must be inferred.

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Allusion

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Indirect reference to a famous person, place, or event

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Diction

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Writer or speakers choice of words and their arrangement of the words in a sentence

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Foreshadowing

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A writers use of hints or clues that suggest events that will happen later in the movie

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Protagonist

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

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Antagonist

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Principle force or character in opposition to the protagonist

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Tone

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The attitude a writer takes for a subject

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Foil

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Character who provides a shocking contrast to another character

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First Person POV

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The narrator a character in the story and we as a reader only know what they know

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Third Person Omniscient POV

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The character is not a character in the story. All knowing narrator

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3rd Person Limited POV

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The narrator is not a character in the story and the reader only knows what one character knows

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Verbal Irony

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When the 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 does not know

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Climax

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The highest point of intensity within 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 thing that is meant to symbolize something

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Flashback

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When the author interrupts a story to tell events that occurred at a previous time

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Imagery

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Language that appeals to the sense

• sight
• hearing
• smell
• taste
• touch

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Simile

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Figure of speak that makes the comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as

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Metaphor

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Figure of speak that makes the comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as

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Paradox

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A seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that may suggest the truth

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Suspense

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The uncertainty or anxiety we feel about what will happen next in he story

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration

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Rising action

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When the conflict developed and story events build towards the climax

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Falling action

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After the climax and shows the important division or action and result of what happened

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Alliteration

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The 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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The use of words that sound echo their meaning.

“Buzz” “pop” “bam”

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Mood

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The feeling or atmosphere the writer creates for the reader

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Personification

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When human qualities are giving to animals or objects