Literary
This literary terms definition is:
A struggle.
Conflict
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A comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
Simile
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The feeling or atmosphere created that the writer creates for a reader.
Mood
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Human qualities are attributed to an object, animal, or idea.
Personification
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A comparison between two unalike things (without using like or as)
Metaphor
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The sequence of events in a story.
Plot
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Descriptive words that appeal to the five senses - sight, hearing, smell, taste, & touch.
Imagery
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A struggle that occurs within a character.
Internal conflict
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Loose ends of a story are tied up.
Resolution
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A character against an outside force.
External struggle
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The reader knows something the character does not.
Dramatic irony
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In the plot structure, the conflict begins to resolve.
Falling action
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The narrator is a character in the story - uses: I, me, we, us, our
First person POV
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Events in a story that move the plot along by adding complications or expanding the conflict.
Rising action
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When someone knowingly exaggerates or says one thing and means another.
Verbal irony
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A major character who has many character traits.
Round character
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The writer's use of hints or clues to indicate what will happen later in the plot
Foreshadowing
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A character who remains the same
Static Character
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A character that changes
Dynamic Character
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Methods a writer uses to develop character
Characterization
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Outside narrator - all knowing
Third person omniscient POV
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Outside narrator - tells only what one character thinks, feels, and observes
Third person limited POV
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The turning point in a story - the protagonist makes a key decision that changes the direction of the story
Climax
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In the plot structure, sets the tone, establishes setting, introduces the characters
Exposition
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A minor character who displays only a few character traits
Flat Character