Literary Terms
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- dynamic
- change
- romantic hero
- courageous/chivelrous/loyal
- third person omniscient
- all-knowing
- fallen hero
- hero loses qualities
- tragic flaw
- leads to downfall
- anti-hero
- hero's actions aren't heroic
- satire
- writings that ridicule the shortcomings of people
- round
- we know a lot
- tone
- how the writer feels about the writing, attitude
- allusion
- indirect reference to something else
- concrete
- relating to the five senses
- propaganda
- advertising
- static
- no change
- abstract
- not relating to the five senses
- setting
- time and place
- archetypical hero
- mental/physical/moral superiority
- flashback
- present action is interupted with a scene from the past
- symbolism
- using something to stand for a more abstract concept
- simile
- comparison between two thing using "like" or "as"
- metaphor
- comparison betweehn two things without using "like" or "as"
- internal conflict
- man vs. self
- situational irony
- something we don't expect
- sensory detail
- applying to the senses
- tragic hero
- fatal flaw leads to death
- theme
- an idea or insight about life and human nature
- third person limited
- "he" - one character
- archetype
- stereotype
- allegory
- narrative in which the charaters and settings stand for abstract ideas or moral things
- flat
- don't know much
- protagonist
- main character
- external conflict
- man vs. outside force
- dialogue
- talking
- diction
- style
- first person
- "I"
- foreshadowing
- painted clues about something that will happen later
- verbal irony
- sarcasism
- dramatic irony
- reader knows what's going to happen but the characters don't
- mood
- atmosphere of story