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Round character

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A 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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Character that had few traits, not developed, and we know very little about them

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Static character

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One who remains the same throughout a 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 a character is like

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Indirect characterization

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Learn about characters indirectly. What others say about them, what the character says, physical appearance, what the character does

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Internal conflict

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Conflict that occurs within a character

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External conflict

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Character in conflict with an outside force, such as nature, physical obstacle, or another character

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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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Underlying message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader. Typically this is not stated directly but it 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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Writers or speakers choice of words and way of arranging the words into sentences

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Foreshadowing

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Writers use of hints 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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Principle character or force in opposition to the 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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Character who provides a striking contrast to another character

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First person point of view

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The narrarator is a person in the story and we as the reader know only what they know

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Third person omniscient

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The narrarator is not a person in the story and we know all thoughts of everyone in the story

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Third person limiter

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The narrator is not in the story and only knows what one person knows

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Verbal irony

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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 know

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Climax

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The 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 beyond itself

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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 senses (sight, smell, taste, sound, touch)

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Simile

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison to two things using like or as

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that is comparing two things not using like or as

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Paradox

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A seemingly contradictory or obscured statement that may contradict a common truth

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Suspense

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The uncertainty or anxiety that we feel about what’s going to happen next in the story

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Hyperbole

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An exaggeration

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Rising action

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When the conflict and the story events build towards the climax and the complications arise

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Falling action

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After the climax and shows the results of the important decisions made in the climax

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Alliteration

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The depiction of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

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Assonance

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The repetition of vowel sounds

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Onomatopoeia

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Use of words who’s sounds echo they’re meaning (buzz, pop, bam)

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Mood

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The feeling or atmosphere a writer creates for a reader

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Personification

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When human like qualities awe given to an animal or an object