Lit Final 06

Front 1

setting

Back 1

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

Front 2

plot

Back 2

the series of related events that make up a narrative, such as a story, novel, or epic

Front 3

conflict

Back 3

a struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces, or emotions
-internal
-external

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characterization

Back 4

the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character
-protagonist
-antagonist

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irony

Back 5

a contrast or discrepancy between expectations and reality - between what is expected and what really happens, or between what appears to be true and what really is true

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theme

Back 6

the central idea or insignt of a work of literature

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symbol

Back 7

a person, place, thing, or event that stands both for itself and for soemthing beyond itself

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point of view

Back 8

the vantage point from which a writer tells a story

Front 9

motif

Back 9

in literature, a word, character, object, image, metaphor, or idea that recurs in a work or several works

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allegory

Back 10

a story in which the characters, settings, and events stand for abstract or moral concepts

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mythic hero

Back 11

male/female. remarkable birth or childhood. often offspring of a god and human and possess qualities of both

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folktale hero

Back 12

very ordinary person usually. may not have superhuman abilities. kind/clever/resourceful

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quest

Back 13

a journey taken in search of something of value

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hubris

Back 14

overbearing pride or presumption, arrogance

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metamorphosis

Back 15

change in physical form, structure, or substance, especially by supernatural means