English Vocab

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Antagonist

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charactor or forces that opposes protangonist in a conflict

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atmosphere

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overall mood or eeling of a work of literature

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character

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a person in literary work

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characterazation

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a writers development of characters

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character traits

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qualities that make yp the chracters personality

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Chronology

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the order of the sequence of events

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Climax

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point of greatest emotional intensity or suspence, in the short story, novel, or play

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Conflict

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the heart of the plot, the struggle between opposing forces

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Direct Character

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writers direct statements about a character

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Dramatic Irony

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when the audience knows thing the character doesnt

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Dynamic Character

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changed in some important way by the event in the story

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Exposition

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introduction of characters, setting, and situation at the beginning of story,novel, or play

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External Conflict

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Conflict where character struggles against an outside force

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Falling Action

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logical result of climax that leads to the resolution

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Fiction

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stories in which the world is recreated by the writer( two typed of fiction)

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First-person point of view

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point of view when story is narrarated by one of its characters

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Flashback

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scene in work of fiction in which is interrupted by a showing of events that happened at an earlier time.

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Flat Character

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only demonstrates one aspect of personality

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Foil

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character who provides a contrast to the protangonaist

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Foreshadowing

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writers use of hints or clues to suggest what will happend later in a work of fiction

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Imagery

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language that appeals to the senses

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Indirect chracter

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writers way of recealing a character indirectly, through physical descendent of what character thinks or what others think about the character

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Inference

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a guess you make based on imformation and past experiences

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Internal Conflict

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conflict that occurs within the chracter

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Irony

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a difference between expectation and reality

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Narrative Hook

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point in story which the author catches the readers attention byb presenting an interesting problem

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Narrator

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the person telling the story

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Personifacation

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figure of speech which object or animal is spokena bout

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Plot

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Sequence of events in story causing or leading to next exposition narrative hook, rising action, climax, resolution, falling action

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Plot Twist

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unexpected development or turn of events

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Point of view

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the vantage point from whcih a story is told

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protagonist

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main character in fiction

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resolution

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part of plot that concludes the falling action by revealing or suggesting the conclusion of the conflict

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rising action

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adds complication, to plots problem or situation

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round character

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a character who demonstrates several different aspects of personality

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setting

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the time and place of a story, play, or narrative poem

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short story

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short, ficitonal, prose narrative

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situational irony

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occurs when what happens is very different, then what we thought would happen

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static character

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whos personality and values remain unchanged

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symbol

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any object,person,place or experience that means more than what it is or stands for something else

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theme

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main idea of a story, poem, novel or play

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third-person point of view

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sotry narrated by an unidentified voice outside the story

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Tone

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attitude taken by the author or speaker toward the subject of a work

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Point of view

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the vantage point from whcih a story is told

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protagonist

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main character in fiction

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resolution

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part of plot that concludes the falling action by revealing or suggesting the conclusion of the conflict

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rising action

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adds complication, to plots problem or situation

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round character

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a character who demonstrates several different aspects of personality

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setting

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the time and place of a story, play, or narrative poem

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ficitonal, prose narrative

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short, ficitonal, prose narrativeshort story

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situational irony

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occurs when what happens is very different, then what we thought would happen

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static character

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whos personality and values remain unchanged

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symbol

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any object,person,place or experience that means more than what it is or stands for something else

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theme

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main idea of a story, poem, novel or play

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third-person point of view

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sotry narrated by an unidentified voice outside the story

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Tone

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attitude taken by the author or speaker toward the subject of a work

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verbal irony

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when a peson says one thing and means another