Literary Terms
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- complications
- things that make it harder for the protagonists to reach their goals
- internal conflict
- takes placein a character's mind
- antagonist
- one that opposes another
- external conflict
- a character struggles against another person, a group of people, or a force of nature
- Setting
- The time and place in which the events of a work of literature takes place
- resolution
- last part of the story where the loose end of the plot go together and the story is closed
- foreshadow
- hint at future events
- protagonist
- the leading character in a drama, novel, or play
- Character
- A personor animal who takes part in the action of a story, play, or other literary work
- Plot
- What happens in a story
- point of view
- the vantage point from which the story is told
- Conflict
- struggle between opposing characters or opposing forces
- climax
- the story's most emotional or suspensful part