Literary Terms

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Rising action

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a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.

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Plot

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Also called storyline. the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story.

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Foreshadowing

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to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure

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Resolution

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a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group

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Climax

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the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination:

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Conflict

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Can be both internal and external.

to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash:

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Setting

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the surroundings or environment of anything:

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Flashback

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a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.

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Mood

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a distinctive emotional quality or character

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Character

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the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.

Question 10

Round character

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One who changes, learns a lesson