Literary Terms Vocab
Terms
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- conflict
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person vs. self
person vs. society
person vs. nature
person vs. machine
internal/external - resolution
- a possible ending to the story
- symbolism
- an object representing a meaning
- character
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major/minor
round/flat
dynamic/static
change/stay the same throughout the story - foreshadowing
- a hint of things to come
- dramatic irony
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the reader knows about the plot than the character
eg... thinking to yourself, "billy dont go there!" - climax
- the highest point of action in the story
- situational irony
- the outcome of the story contrasts with what is expected to happen
- theme
- a central insight given by the author, a message or moral, life-lesson
- protagonist
- hero/heroine
- tone
- author's attidude about his/her topic
- antagonist
- causes the conflict (a person, place or idea
- point of view
- first person, second or third-limited or allknowing
- verbal irony
- sarcasm
- setting
- place, time, era, decade, year
- plot
- a sequence of events; beginning, middle, end
- mood
- a feeling given by the words used