Literary Terms Flashcards

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Round character

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Fully developed, different character traits

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Character

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A person in a story, poem, or play

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Flat character

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Stereotyped, one dimensional

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Dynamic character

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Changes as result of events

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Static character

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Does not change

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Characterization

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The way a writer creates and develops characters’ personalities

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Direct characterization

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Writer may make direct comments about a character’s personality or behavior

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Indirect characterization

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Writer may describe the character’s physical appearance, thoughts, speech, and action

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Conflict

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A struggle between opposing forces

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Internal conflict

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A conflict that occurs within a character

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External conflict

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A conflict that occurs outside a character

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Point of view

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Vantage point from which the writer tells the stor

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First person

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One of the characters is actually telling the story

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Third person

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Centers on one character’s thoughts and actions

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Third person omniscient

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All knowing narrator

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Irony

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A contrast between what happens and what was expected

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Verbal irony

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When someone knowingly exaggerates or says one thing but means another

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Situational irony

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A contrast between what happens and what the reader expects

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Dramatic irony

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Where the reader views something the character doesn’t know

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Plot

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The series of events that makes up a story

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Setting

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Time and place of the action of the story

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Theme

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The underlying message the author wants to convey

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Climax

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The point of maximum interest or tension

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Resolution

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Follows the climax and shows its results

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Allusion

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Indirect reference to something famous

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Symbolism

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Something that stands for something beyond itslf

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Diction

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Way of arranging words

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Foreshadowing

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A writer’s use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story

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Flashback

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An account of a conversation, an episode, or an event that happened before

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Imagery

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Descriptive words and phrases that recreate sensory experiences for the reader

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Simile

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that are unalike but have something in common

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Protagonist

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The hero

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Antagonist

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The opposing force to the protagonist

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Satire

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The ridicule of customs, ideas, behavior, or institutions to make a point

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Paradox

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A seemingly absurd statement that nonetheless suggests an important truth

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Suspense

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Excitement or tension a reader feels in expectation of something in a story

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Tone

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The attitude a writer has towards a subject

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Foil

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A character who has a drastic contrast

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Hyperbole

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A figure of speech in which truth is exaggerated