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Vocab Flashcards

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What is the atmosphere or feeling of a literary work ?

A

Mood

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What is the time and place in wich a story takes place?

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Setting

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What is the individual whose thoughts and actions make up a story ?

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Characters

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The central focal figure in work of fiction?

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Protaganist

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A character or force that works against a protagonist

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Antagonist

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What is characters that are fully developed with both positive qualities most protagonists

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Round character

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Characters that under go change over course of the story or the result

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Dynamic characters

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Characters that do not undergo any changes from the story inception to its conclusion

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Static characters

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What means a character that is stereotypical and one dimensional?

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Flat character

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What are the statements and descriptions of a character in a story called?

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Characterization

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What is the series of events in a story?

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The plot

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What is the struggle or problem in a story?

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Conflict

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What is a secondary story within the first story?

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Subplot

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Telling the background of a story in the beginning is called?

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Exposition

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What is using clues during the story to tell what will happen later?

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Foreshadowing

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What are the ideas the tie the story together called?

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The theme

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What is the series of events that lead to the climax?

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Rising action

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What is it when a protagonist deals with inner feelings of himself?

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Character vs. self

25
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What is it when a character goes against a force he has no control over?

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Character vs. fate

26
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The turning point of the story when the action is most intense is called what?

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The climax

27
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What is the action that leads from the climax to the resolution?

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The falling action

28
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What is the conclusion of the story called?

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The resolution

29
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The twist that changes the ending of a story from what you might think it should be, is?

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Situational irony

30
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What is it when the protagonist has a problem with another character?

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Character vs. character

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What is it when the protagonist struggles with natural disaster?

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Character vs. nature

32
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What is it when the protagonist has a problem with a large group?

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Character vs. society

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