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Plot
The sequence of events in a narrative work.
What are the six parts of a plot structure?
Exposition, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
Exposition
An author's introduction of the characters, setting, and conflict at the beginning of a story, novel, or play.
Conflict
The struggle between two opposing forces in a story of drama. All stories must have conflict. Conflict can be internal or external.
Internal Conflict
Inside the mind of the character.
External Conflict
Between a character and something outside himself/herself.
Rising Action
The part of the plot where complications to the conflict develop and increase reader interest.
Climax
the point of greatest emotional Intensity, interest, or suspense in the plot of a literary work. The point where we find out who wins the conflict--the protagonist or antagonist.
Falling Action
In a play or story, the action that follows the climax.
Resolution
The ending of the story, the conclusion where everything is resolved.
Protagonist
The central character in a literary work, around whom the main conflicts revolves.
Antagonist
A person or force in society or nature that opposes the protagonist, or central character, in a story or drama.
Major Characters
Characters central to the story and are typically fully developed.
Minor Characters
Characters who display few personality traits and are used to help develop the story.
Setting
The time and place in which the events of a literary work occur; includes too the ideas, customs, values and beliefs of a particular time and place.
Foreshadowing
An author's use of clues to prepare readers for events that will happen later in the story.
Allusion
A reference to a well-known character, place, or situation from history, music, art, or another work of literature.
Theme
The main idea or message of a story, poem, novel, or play often expressed as a general statement about life.
What are the three types of Irony?
Situational, Verbal, Dramatic.
Situational Irony
A contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality, or between what is expected and what actually happens.
Verbal Irony
When a person says one thing but means another; includes sarcasm.
Dramatic Irony
When the audience or readers know something that the characters do not.
Symbol
Any person, animal, place, object, or event that exists on a literal level within a work but also represents something on a figurative level. Symbolism is the method of using symbols to suggest meaning.
Flashback
An interruption in the chronological order of a narrative to describe an event that happened earlier.
Foil Character
A character who provides a strong contrast to another character, usually a main character, thus calling attention to the strengths or weakness of a character.
Juxtaposition
The placement of two or more distinct elements side by side in order to contrast or compare them.
Mood
The emotional quality of a literary work.
Narrator
The person who tells a story. A character in the story, telling the story using 1st person point of view.
Point of View
The perspective from which a story is told.
1st Person Point of View
"I, We" point of view using a narrator / "I's eyes."
2nd Person Point of View
"You" point of view; author/narrator directly addresses the reader.
3rd Person Point of View
"He, She, They, Character's Name"
Limited 3rd Person
the reader is limited to one character's viewpoint (thoughts, experiences, etc.).
Omniscient 3rd Person
the reader is not limited to only one characters viewpoint.
Characterization
The methods a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character. Characterization may be direct or indirect.
Direct Characterization
When the writer makes explicit descriptions about the character.
Indirect Characterization
When the reader learns about a character through the character's words, thoughts, actions, or what other characters say about him/her.
Flat Character
A character who reveals only one or two personality traits throughout the story. Also often known as an undeveloped, or a simple character.
Round Character
A character who shows varied and often contradictory character traits. Often known as a developed or complex character.
Dynamic Character
A character who changes over the course of the story.
Static Character
A character who does not change over the course of a story.
Stock Character
A flat character of a familiar and often-repeated type, also known as a stereotype.
Figurative Language
Language that uses figures of speech or expressions that are not literally true but express some truth beyond the literal level.
Simile
A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare seemingly unlike things.
Metaphor
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things.
Personification
A figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a force of nature, or an idea is given human characteristics.
Idiom
An expression whose meaning is different from its literal meaning.
Hyperbole
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.
Pun
A humorous play on words.
Tone
An author's attitude toward his or her subject matter, and is conveyed through elements such as word choice, rhythm, sentence, structure, and figures of speech.
Denotation
The literal, or dictionary, meaning of word.
Connotation
The suggested or implied meanings associated with a word beyond its dictionary definition, or denotation.