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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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, not well developed

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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 that character is like

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Indirect Characterization.

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When you learn about the characters indirectly
Character Appearence
What the character says
Physical appearance

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Internal Conflict.

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One

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External Conflict.

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A character in conflict with an outside force

Nature

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Plot

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

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Allusion

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An indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work

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Diction

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A writer or speaker’s words and a way of arranging the words in sentences

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Foreshadowing

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A writer’s 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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Antogonist

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The principle character in force in opposition to a protagonist

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Tone

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The attitude a writer takes toward a subject

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Foil

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A character who provides a striking contrast to another character

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Static Character

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Gh

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First-Person Point of View

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The c

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Third-Person Omniscient.

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All-knowing narrator

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Third-Person Limited

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

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Verbal Irony

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When someone says one thing but means another

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Situational Irony

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A contrast between a reader or character expects and what actually exists or happens

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Dramatic Irony

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Where the reader knows something that a character does not know

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Climax

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The point of maximum interest or tension

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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 an activity that stands for something beyond itself

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Flashback

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When the author interrupts a story to give the reader information needed for the understanding of a character’s present situation

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Imagery

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Language that appears to the five senses

Sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch

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Simile

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the word like or as

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that are basically unlike but have something in common

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Paradox

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A seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that my nonetheless suggest an important truth

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Suspense

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The excitement or tension that readers feel as they wait to find out how the story ends or a conflict is resolved

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Hyperbole

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Which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect

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Rising Action

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When the conflict develops and story events build toward a climax

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Falling Action

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Shows the important decision or action that happened at the climax

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Alliteration

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The repot ion of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

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Assonance

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The repetitions of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words

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Onomatopoeia

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The use of words whose sounds echoes their meanings

Buzz, whisper, gargle, and murmur

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Mood

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The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

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Personification

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When human like qualities are given to an object, animal, or idea