literary elements Flashcards

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Protagonist?

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The main character around whom most of the work revolves.

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Antagonist​

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The person who the protagonist is against. ​

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Major Characters​

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They are important in the development of the plot (they are important in the story) ​

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Stock or Stereotypical Characters

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The author doesn’t need to tell us much about this type of character, because we have encountered them before in other works or in real life.​

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5
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is a protagonist character a round or flat character?

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round

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whats the role of a Flat Characters​?

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to support the main character.​

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what’s a dynamic character?

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a character that develops throughout the story

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what is a static character

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character does not change much over the course of the story.

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what’s a classic hero?

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a supernatural person that will win at the end of the movie

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what’s a modern hero?

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a normal person that does not have any superpowers and that what’s to help others.

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what’s a romantic hero?

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they reject the expectation of society and does whatever they want.

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the anti-hero

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Usually the protagonist, but often the reader/listener does not admire his/her traits.

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what’s a Tragic-Hero

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he character’s tragic end is a result of the flaw(s) within himself.​

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what’s a conflict?

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Without a conflict a story wouldn’t only be boring, but it wouldn’t be a story at all

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There are two main categories of conflict

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Internal and External

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what’s a internal character?

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person vs. self

17
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what are the 6 types of external characters?

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person vs fate
person vs supernatural
person vs. society 
character vs character 
character vs technology 
character vs nature
18
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what are the 5 main stages of a plot diagram?

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introduction
rising action /inciting action 
climax
falling action 
resolution
19
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what is the setting

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it’s the time and place

20
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what’s a theme

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it’s the main idea of the story

21
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what does foreshadowing mean?

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when the author mentions or hints at something that will happen later in the story

22
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what’s a flashback?

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is when the author reminds us something that happened in the pass.

23
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when do you use dialogue?

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when character speaks?

24
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what is a narration?

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when the narative speaks