Literary Terms Flashcards

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Setting: Time and place of the story:

A

Time-1965

Place-Lab/ Hospital in New York

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Conflict: The main problem for the main character.

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Charlie Gordon is mentally ill and wants to be smart but can’t no matter how hard he tries

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Complications: The main events of the story from beginning to the climax

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Losing his m

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Climax: The most exiting part just before the main conflict is solved.

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When Charlie confesses his love for miss kinnian.

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Resolution: The ending of the story when the main conflict is solved.

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When Charlie leaves New York.

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Characterization: how the author shows the personality of a character in the story.

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When the author writes like how a mentally ill person would write

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