Objective 2, Practice 1 Literary Techniques Vocab
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- plot
- sequence of events in a story
- exposition
- in a story's earliest part, this tells the setting, tone, introduces characters and gives important background information.
- rising action
- this part of a story adds complications or the conflict(s)
- Climax
- a story's turning point
- Falling action
- occurs after a story's climax, when conflicts are resolved.
- characterization
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way a writer introduces the charactors. This is done in four ways
-describes charactor's appearance
-describes charactor by his/her words, thoughts, feelings, or actions
-described through another charactor's words, thoughts,feelings, or actions
-narrorator makes comments about a charactor - protagonist
- main charactor or hero
- antagonist
- opposes the protagonist; not always a person- may be a force of nature (a storm) or an aspect of society (prison confinement) or internal force within the protagonist (to drop out of school or not)
- conflict
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struggle between opposing forces. There are four types of conflict:
-person V. person
-person V. nature (environment)
-person V. society (laws or beliefs)
-person V. oneself (inner decisions) - setting
- where adn when a story takes place
- point of view
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how a story is told; there are four ways:
-1st person-when narrator is a charactor in the story
-3rd person- the story is told by a narrator outside the story
-3rd person omnistant- also called "all knowing"; narrator sees into the minds of more than one charactor
-3rd person limited omniscient-narrator tells only what one charactor sees, thinks, or feels. - narrator
- who tells the story
- theme
- main idea of a work; usually is an idea about life or human nature. NOT stated in a story. Since the theme is not stated, the reader must figure out the author's underlying message
- tone
- attitude the writer takes toward a subject; tone reflects the author's feelings.
- author's purpose
- why an author writes a story; purposes may be to inform or explain, to entertain, to express himself, or to persuade.
- diction
- a writer's choice of words and way of arranging words into a sentence.
- style
- way a peice of literature is written; is not what is said but HOW it is said.
- flashback
- a conversation or an event that happened before a story began
- foreshadowing
- when a writer gives hints or clues about an event or situation that will occur later in a story.
- symbolism
- a person, place, or object that stands for something else.
- imagery
- words or phrases used to describe or create sensory experiances. Sensory deals with the five senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste).
- sarcasm
- insulting or mean or abusive remark
- irony
- the opposite of what is expected. Irony may be shown when the reader knows something that a charactor doesen't or when a person says one thing and means the opposite or when the reader or a charactor expects one thing to happen but it doesen't
- repetition
- when a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated throughout the work
- allusion
- indirect reference to another literary work or famous person or place or event.