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round character

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highly developed character with many traits

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character

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individuals who participate in the action of literary work

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flat character

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character that exhibits few traits, not well developed, and we know very little about them

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static character

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one who remains the same throughout the story

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dynamic character

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one who changes throughout the story

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direct characterization

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when the writer tells you exactly what the person is like

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indirect characterization

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when you learn about characters indirectly
examples: what other say about them
what the character says
physical appearance
characters actions

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internal conflict

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conflict that occurs within a character

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external conflict

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a character in conflict with an outside force
examples: nature
another character
physical obstacle

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plot

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sequence of events in a story

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setting

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time and place of action in a work of literature

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theme

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underlying message about life or human nature that writer shares with reader (typically not stated directly but must be inferred)

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allusion

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indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work

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diction

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writer or speakers choice of words and way of arranging words into sentences

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foreshadowing

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writers use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story

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protagonist

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main character in a work of literature that is involved in the central conflict

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antagonist

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principle force or character In opposition of the protagonist

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tone

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attitude a writer takes toward a subject

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foil

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character that provides a striking contrast to another character

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first person point of view

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narrator is a character in the story and we as the reader only know what the narrator knows

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3rd person omniscient

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narrarator isn’t in story we know all the feeling of all the characters

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3rd person limited

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narrator isn’t a person in story and we only know what one person is feeling

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verbal irony

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when speaker says not bing but means another

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situational irony

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what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected

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dramatic irony

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when the audience/reader knows something important that the character doesn't know

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climax

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highest point of intensity in the story

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resolution

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how the story ends

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symbol

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person place object or activity that stands for something beyond itself

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flashback

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when the author interrupts a story to tell events that occurred a.t a previous time

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imagery

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language that appears to the senses | touch/sight/ hearing/ smell/ taste

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simile

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figure of speech that makes a comparison of two things using like or as

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metaphor

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figure of speech that makes a comparison of two things not using like or as

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paradox

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a seemingly absurd statement that may suggest a important truth

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suspense

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uncertainty we feel when we do not know what is going to happen next in the story

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hyperbole

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an exaggeration

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rising action

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when the conflict developes and the story's events build toward a conflict and the complications arise

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falling action

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after the climax and shows the results of the important depiction or actions that happened at the climax

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alliteration

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repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of worlds

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assonance

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repetition of vowel sounds

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onomatopoeia

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the use of words who's sounds echo their meanings | ex. buzz/whisper/pop/murmur

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mood

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the feeling/atmosphere that the writer creates for the reader

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personification

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when human like qualities are given to an object animal or idea