Literature

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The author's method of acquainting the reader with the characters

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Characterization

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Through exposition the author makes a direct statement about a character

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Direct characterization

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The author allows the reader to learn about the character in more subtle ways.
1.The character's own words and thoughts
2.The character's own actions
3.The character's own appearance
4.The things other characters say to or about the character

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Indirect characterization

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Characters that play an important part in the plot of a story

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Major characters

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The main character around whom the plot centers

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Protagonist

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The character that is the primary opponent of the protagonist

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Antagonist

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A character constructed around one or two character traits and who does not
change during a story

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Flat(static)character

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A character with sufficient complexity to be able to change during a story

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Round(dynamic)character

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A character who lacks individualizing characteristics and behaves exactly as expected to the point of being boring.Sometimes a stereotype is used to represent a single characteristic such as evil,goodness,pride,stupidity,etc.

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Stereotype

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Speech that reflects the pronunciation and grammar of a particular culture.Dialect is used to enhance characterization.

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Dialect

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The arrangement of events in a story.The plot may be presented in chronological order or through flashback

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Plot

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The arrangement of events according to time order

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Chronological order

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An interruption in the action of a story,shifting back to an earlier time.The purpose of flashback is to supply information necessary to understand the characters or plot

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Flashback

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The presentation of events in a story so that later events are prepared for (the dropping of clues)

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Foreshadowing

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The beginning of the story;major characters are introduced and the setting established

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Exposition

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Conflicts that develop between the protagonist and the antagonist

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Rising action

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The point of greatest interest and highest emotional impact for the reader;a turning point for the protagonist

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Climax

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Events resulting from the climax

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Falling action

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The final outcome

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Resolution(denouement)

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A concluding statement or an appendix to a story(most stories do no have an epilogue)

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Epilogue

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A struggle which grows out of the interplay of two opposing forces

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Conflict

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a struggle between two elements within one character;an inner emotional struggle

1.Character versus self

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Internal conflict

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a struggle between two opposing forces in a story

1.Character versus character
2.Character versus society
3.Character versus nature
4.Character versus god

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External conflict

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The time and place of a story

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Setting

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A central or dominating idea about life/life lesson

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Theme

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The vantage point from which the author present a story

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Point of View

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The author presents the story through a character who relates the story as he/she experienced it

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First person point of view

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The author presents the story as it is seen and understood by one character

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Third person limited point of view

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The author presents the story through an all-knowing narrator,who is not restricted to time,place or character

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Third person omniscient point of view

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The attitude which prevails in a work of literature(feelings/emotions)

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Tone/Mood

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The author's use of language(sentence structure,vocabulary,figurative language,literary devices,etc.)in telling his/her story

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Style

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The use of language that departs from customary construction,order,or significance in order to create vivid mental pictures

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Figurative language

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An extended metaphor in which objects,persons and actions in a story are equated with meanings that lie outside the story

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Allegory

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The repetition of initial,identical consonant sounds

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Alliteration

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An obvious exaggeration used for the sake of effect

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Hyperbole

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The use of descriptive words which appeal to the senses

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Imagery

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A comparison of two unlike objects

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Metaphor

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Giving inanimate objects human traits

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Personification

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A reference to a historical or literary figure,event ,or object

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Allusion

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A comparison of two unlike objects using as or like

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Simile

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The literal sense of what is said falls short of the importance of what is being talked about

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Understatement

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Something,usually an object,in a story that has literal significance in the story,but also has an abstract(deeper)significance

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Symbol

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Characters that have only minor roles in a story.The main purposes of miner characters are to enable the reader to know the major characters better and to advance the plot

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Minor characters