Literary Elements Flashcards

1
Q

authors use many different types of characters to tell their stories

A

CHARACTERS

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2
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person who changes over time, usually as a result of resolving a central conflict or facing a major crisis.

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Dynamic

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3
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someone who does not change over time

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Static

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4
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often portrayed as a conflicted and contradictory person.

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Round

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5
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This literary personality is notable for one kind of personality trait or characteristic.

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Flat

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6
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types of characters who have become conventional or stereotypical through repeated use in particular types of stories.

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Stock

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7
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the story’s main character.

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Protagonist

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8
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whose personal qualities contrast with another character (usually the protagonist).

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Foil

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9
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A character is any major or minor character whose very existence represents some major idea or aspect of society.

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Symbolic

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10
Q

give the 6 example of Conflict

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“man” vs techno
“ “ vs man
“ “ vs nature
“ “ vs society
“ “ vs self
“ “ vs supernatural

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11
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when and where of a literary text.

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setting

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12
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what happens in a story

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plot

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13
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This is where the author introduces the main characters and sets up the story’s problem, or conflict.

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exposition

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13
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the pivotal part of the story.

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rising action

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14
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lead up to the story’s most important part,
This is where the story hits its peak, it’s also the peak of the story arc diagram.

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climax

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15
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consists of everything that ‘falls’ out from the climax.

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denoument

16
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the narrator is a character in the story who can reveal only personal thoughts and feelings and what he or she sees and is told by other characters. He can’t tell us thoughts of other characters.

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first person

17
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The narrator is an outsider who can report only what he or she sees and hears. This narrator can tell us what is happening, but he can’t tell us the thoughts of the characters.

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Third-Person Objective

18
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The narrator is an outsider who sees into the mind of one of the characters.

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Third-person limited

19
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The narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can enter the minds of more than one of the characters.

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Omniscent