Study Guide For Holt Ch. 1-2 Test, Plot And Characterization, A

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CONFLICT

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In literature, a CONFLICT is a literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces usually a protagonist and a antagonist.

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RISING ACTION

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In literary works, a rising action includes all decisions, characters' flaws and background circumstances that together create turns and twists leading to a climax.

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CLIMAX

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The highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination:

A decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot.

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FALLING ACTION

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The part of the literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.

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RESOLUTION

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Resolution is a part of the story's plot line in which the problem of the story is resolved or worked out. This occurs after the falling action and is typically where the story ends.

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PROTAGONIST

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A Protagonist is the Main or central character or leading figure in poetry, narrative, novel or any other story. A Protagonist is sometimes called a hero by audience or readers.

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ANTAGONIST

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An Antogonist is a character or a group of characters which stand in opposition to the protagonist or the main character.

Which means Opponent, Competitor or Rival.

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INFERENCE

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An educated guess. Inference is a literary device used commonly in literature and in daily life where logical deductions are made based on premises assumed to be True.

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CHARACTERS

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A literary or dramatic Character of people in a Story.

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CHARACTER TRAITS

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What a Character acts like....Character Traits are all of the aspects of a person's behavior and attitudes that make up that person's personality. Everyone has Character Traits, both good and bad. Even Characters in Books have Character Traits. Character Traits are often shown with descriptive objectives, like Patient, Unfaithful, or Jealous.

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NARRATOR

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The person that narrates and tells a story.

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PLOT

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The events that make up a story or the main part of the story. These events relate to each other in a pattern or a sequence.

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EXPOSITION

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Exposition is a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers.

Expositions is crucial to the story, for without it nothing makes sense.

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SETTING

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The setting is the time and place in which the story takes place. The definition of setting can also include social statuses, weather, historical period, and details about immediate surroundings. Settings can be real or fictional, or a combination of both real and fictional elements.

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INTERNAL CONFLICT

EXTERNAL CONFLICT

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