Literary Elements Flashcards
authors use many different types of characters to tell their stories
CHARACTERS
person who changes over time, usually as a result of resolving a central conflict or facing a major crisis.
Dynamic
someone who does not change over time
Static
often portrayed as a conflicted and contradictory person.
Round
This literary personality is notable for one kind of personality trait or characteristic.
Flat
types of characters who have become conventional or stereotypical through repeated use in particular types of stories.
Stock
the story’s main character.
Protagonist
whose personal qualities contrast with another character (usually the protagonist).
Foil
A character is any major or minor character whose very existence represents some major idea or aspect of society.
Symbolic
give the 6 example of Conflict
“man” vs techno
“ “ vs man
“ “ vs nature
“ “ vs society
“ “ vs self
“ “ vs supernatural
when and where of a literary text.
setting
what happens in a story
plot
This is where the author introduces the main characters and sets up the story’s problem, or conflict.
exposition
the pivotal part of the story.
rising action
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.
climax
consists of everything that ‘falls’ out from the climax.
denoument
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.
first person
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.
Third-Person Objective
The narrator is an outsider who sees into the mind of one of the characters.
Third-person limited
The narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can enter the minds of more than one of the characters.
Omniscent
