Literary elements Flashcards

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Characterazation

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How the author tells you about a characters personality life

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Direct characterazation

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the author tells you about the character outright

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3
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Indirect characterazation

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When the author hints to the reader about the character

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4
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Protagonist

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The main character that the reader is supposed to identify with

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6
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Antagonist

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the opposing force of the main character

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7
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Setting

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the time and place the story appears

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Plot

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sequence of events in a story
Intro, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

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9
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point of veiw

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the identity of the narrative voice (perspective of the person telling the story)

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10
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Third person point of veiw

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there is a narrater telling the story

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11
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First person point of veiw

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The character from the story is telling the story

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12
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Conflict

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struggle between opposing forces

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13
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Theme/main idea

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the main message that the story is telling us (lesson)

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14
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Mood

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the emotional atmosphere created by the setting

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15
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Simile

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two things being described as being similar
Ex: The apple was as sweet as candy

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16
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Metophor

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comparing two things without using “like” or “as”

17
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Idiom

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n expression or quote
Ex: Its raining cats and dogs

18
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Hyperbole

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a description that exaggerates
Ex: The biggest apple in the world

19
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Personification

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Giving an inanimate object human traits

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