Literary Terms

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A person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work

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Character

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The character who stands directly opposed to the protagonist

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Antagonist

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The high point of interest or suspense

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Climax

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A struggle between opposing forces

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Conflict

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A struggle between outside forces

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External conflict

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A struggle within a character

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Internal conflict

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Set of ideas associated with it in addition to its explicit meaning

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Connotation

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Dictionary definition

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Denotation

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Develops and grows during the course of the story

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Dynamic character

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A character in a story tells the story

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First person point of view

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Shows only one trait

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Flat character

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The use if hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future action

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Foreshadowing

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Narrator says one thing while meaning the opposite

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Verbal irony

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Situation turns out differently from what you would normally expect

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Situational irony

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When the characters in the play don’t know what’s going to happen but the audience knows what is going to happen

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Dramatic irony

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The atmosphere or predominant emotion in a literary work

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Mood

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What any character thinks or feels

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Omniscient (POV)

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Occurs when the elements of a statement contradict each other

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Paradox

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The sequence of events in the literary work

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Plot

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The perspective from which a narrative is told

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Point of view

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The main character in a story

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Protagonist

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A general insight or change is conveyed

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Resolution

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The time and place in which events in a short story, novel, play or narrative poem take place

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Setting

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Does not change

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Static character

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The central message of literary work

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Theme

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A voice outside the story narrates

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Third person point of view

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Sees he world through one characters eyes and reveals only that characters thoughts

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Third person limited point of view

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Writers or speakers attitude towards a subject, character, or audience

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Tone

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Shows many different traits

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Round character

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Audience uncertain or tense about the outcome of events

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Suspense