English Literary And Language Elements/terms Flashcards
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Plot
A pattern of carefully selected events that create a conflict
Exposition/introduction
The begging of a story where characters, background, and setting are introduced
Rising action
A series of events that build from the conflict
Climax
The turning point in a story
Falling action
The part after the climax that leads to the resolution
Resolution/denouement
The final solution or outcome of the story
Setting
The general locale
Characterization
The authors means of conveying to the reader a characters personality, life values ext
Flat/static character
A simplified character who does not change
Round/dynamic character
Character depicted with such slept that he or she seems like a real person
Narrator
The person telling the story
Point of view
The position from which a story is narrated
First person POV
The narrator is the person in the story who can only reaveal their personal thoughts and feeling
Third person POV
The narrator is an outsider and can only report what he or she sees and hears
Omniscient POV
The narrator is an all knowing outsider who can see or tell what everyone is thinking and/or feeling
Conflict
A struggle between opposing forces which is the driving force of the story
Theme
The central idea of the work
Protagonist
The main character in a story who had most of the narrators attention
Antagonist
The person or thing who is working against the protagonist
Foil
Emphasize opposing traits in another character
Allegory
Where every side of the story is representative
Allusion
Referencing something famous
Foreshadowing
Suggesting
Tone
Writers attitude
