Literary Elements Flashcards

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Antagonist

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Forces that work against the protagonist: nature, other characters, settings, inner thoughts.

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Protagonist

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The main character of a story.

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Settings

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Where and when a story takes place.

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Plot

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The events in a story - what happens to the protagonist makes up the plot.!

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Climax

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The high point of a story that occurs near the end of the story.

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Denouement

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The return to normalcy for the story that occurs after the climax.

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Conflicts

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Tensions between characters or between a character and the settings or character and inner thoughts.

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Problems

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Challenges the protagonist faces that he or she tries to resolve.

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Resolution

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The outcome or outcomes of trying to solve problems and deal with conflict.

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Themes

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Ideas from a story that can be generalized to apply outside the story.

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Central Idea

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A theme that’s threaded through the entire piece.

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