elements of literature

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Climax

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Greatest point of interest and emotional involvement in the work of fiction

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Resolution

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Also called the denouement. Final outcome of the work of fiction

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Falling action

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Parts of the story after the climax and before the very end

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Rising action

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Related series of incidents in a literally plot build toward the point of greatest interest

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Characterization

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The act of describing the individual quality of a person or thing

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Flat

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Lack of interest or emotion; dull / lifeless

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Round

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A character in fiction whose personality, motives, background, and other features are fully delineated by the author.

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Static

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A literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change, a character who does not grow or develop

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Dynamic

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A literary or dynamic character who undergoes an important change, as a change in personality and or attitude.

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Internal conflict

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Psychological straddle within the mind of a character

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External conflict

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Struggle between a character and an outside force such as nature or another character

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Point of view

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The angle of considering things, which shows us the opinion, or the feeling of individuals involved in a situation.

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1st Person Central

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First person narrator “I”.. You know they are talking about themselves

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3rd person omniscient

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There the narrator shows all the thoughts, actions and feelings of all characters

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3rd person limited omniscient

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Where the narrator shows the feelings, thoughts and actions of a few characters

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Tone

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The authors attitude toward a subject

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Mood

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The atmosphere of a piece of fiction, it’s the emotions a selection arouses in a reader

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Figurative language

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Describing something by comparing it to something else

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Simile

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Resembles two things using “like or “as”

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Metaphor

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The comparison of one thing to another without using like or as

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Symbol

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Signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense

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Irony

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The use of words to convey a meaning that is opposite then it’s literal meaning

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Verbal irony

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The use of words to mean something different then what they appear to mean…

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Situational irony

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The difference between what you think is going to happen to what actually happens

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Dramatic irony

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When the audience is more aware of what is happening then a character

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Theme

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Main idea or underlining meaning of a literary work that may be static directly or indirectly.

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Exposition

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Introduces time, place and protagonist

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Plot

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Sequence of events in a story