Tyler's 2Nd Set Of Literary Terms

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Round Character

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It is one who is complex and multi-faceted, like a real person.

-example-Katniss Everdeen Character has hobbies/skills, a distinct past, close relationships with family/friends, clear motivation for the actions she takes over the course of the series

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Flat Character

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It is one who is one-dimensional.

example-Character has no history, no hobbies, and an ill-defined personality

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Dynamic Character

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It is one changes in the course of work.

example- Luke Skywalker in Star Wars.

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Static Character

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It is one who does not change in the course of work.

example- Smegal in Lord of the Rings.

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Character

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It is a person or an animal who takes part in the action of a literary work.

example-Spongbob from Spongbob square pants.

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Theme

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It is a central message or insight into life revealed by a literary work. An essay's theme is often directly stated in its thesis statement. The theme of a story, poem, or play, however, is usually not directly stated.

-For example, in "A Worn Path," on page 622, Eudora Welty does not directly say that Phoenix Jackson's difficult journey shows the power of love, but readers learn this indirectly by the end of the story.

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Allusion

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it is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art. Writers often make allusions to stories from the Bible, to Greek and Roman myths, to plays by Shakespeare, to political and historical events, and to other materials with which they can expect their readers to be familiar.

-for example In the selection from Hidden Name and Complex Fate, on page 908, Ralph Ellison alludes to Freudian psychology, to President Roosevelt's fireside chats, and to many famous Americans. By using allusions, writers can bring to mind complex ideas simply and easily.

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Setting

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the setting of a literary work is the time and place of the action. A setting may serve any of a number of functions. It may provide a background for the action. It may be cruciial element in the plot or central conflict. It may also create a certain emotional atmosphere, or mood.

for example The setting of Ernest Hemingway's "In Another Country," on page 580, is Milan, Italy, during World War 1. The story centers on the hospital in which the protagonist receives physical therapy for a war injury. The setting therefore provides a backdrop for the action and is central to the plot. Hemingway also uses his setting to suggest a mood of disillusionment and isolation.

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Conflict

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Is a struggle between opposing forces. Sometimes this struggle is internal, or within a character, as in Bernard Malamud's "The First Seven Years," on

for example page 822. At other times this struggle is external, or between a character and an outside force, as in Jack London's "To Build a Fire," on page 490. Conflict is one of the primary elements of of narrative literature because most plots develop from conflicts.

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Foreshadowing

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Is the use, in a literary work, of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur.

-for an example the kids already knew they won the game before even practice.