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| 4827510964 | Archetype | A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response (original model) Ex: The Bully - intimidates others | 0 | |
| 4827524387 | Antagonist | A character or force that opposes the protagonist Ex: Voldemort is against Harry Potter | 1 | |
| 4827531801 | Protagonist | The most important or leading character in the work Ex: Harry Potter is the main character | 2 | |
| 4827534970 | Dynamic | Character experiences a change throughout the course of the work Ex: Shrek changes and becomes softer through the story | 3 | |
| 4827539202 | Static | The character stays the same throughout the entire story Ex: Primrose Everdeen in the first Hunger Games novel | 4 | |
| 4827542141 | Epiphany | Used more figuratively to describe the insight or revelation gained when one suddenly understands the essence of a (generally commonplace) object, gesture, statement, situation, moment, or mentality Ex: When a smoker realizes they must quit so that their child won't deal with secondhand smoking | 5 | |
| 4827546693 | Foil | A character, who by contrast with the main character, serves to accentuate that character's distinctive qualities or characteristics. Ex: Gaston is the foil of the beast; monster trapped inside a man's body, man trapped inside a monster's body | 6 | |
| 4827549975 | Flat | Characters that are not developed; lack complexity Ex: Bruce the shark in Finding Nemo | 7 | |
| 4827553585 | Round | Characters that have a level of complexity and depth we associate with real people and that have been fully developed by the author Ex: Woody in Toy Story | 8 | |
| 4827555581 | Scapegoat | (in the Bible) a goat sent into the wilderness after the Jewish chief priest had symbolically laid the sins of the people upon it (Lev. 16). A person that bears the blame for others Ex: Jesus | 9 | |
| 4827557222 | Motivation | The mixture of situation and personality that impels a character to behave the way he or she does. Ex: Percy Jackson's mother is his motivation to find the lightning bolt and return it | 10 | |
| 4827559773 | Stock | A type of character who regularly appears in certain literary forms; they are often stereotyped characters Ex: Hamlet as the revenger | 11 | |
| 4827563475 | Direct Characterization | Author intervenes authoritatively in order to describe, and often to evaluate, the motives and dispositional qualities of the characters Ex: Gary is a nice and caring person | 12 | |
| 4827566554 | Indirect Characterization | Author simply presents the characters talking and acting and leaves the reader to infer the motives and dispositions that lie behind what they say and do. Ex: Gary watched his little brother while his mother was ill. | 13 | |
| 4827569238 | Detail | Fact revealed by the author or speaker that support the attitude or tone in a piece of poetry or prose. Ex: It was a dark and stormy night. | 14 | |
| 4827572897 | Doppelganger | "double walker" It refers to a character in the story that is actually a counterfeit or a copy of a genuine character. They have different intentions (might have supernatural qualities) Ex: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | 15 | |
| 4827578780 | Anecdote | A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person Ex: "Last year when I was trying out for a play..." | 16 | |
| 4827583666 | Allegory | A story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation Ex: The story of Adam and Eve (serpent is true evil) | 17 | |
| 4827585218 | Parable | A short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson Ex: Jesus' stories | 18 | |
| 4827587408 | Adage | A traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb Ex: A penny saved is a penny earned | 19 | |
| 4827589218 | Bildungsroman | A novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education. Ex: The story of Harry Potter | 20 | |
| 4827591432 | Didactic | Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive. Ex: Every textbook or how-to book | 21 | |
| 4827593349 | Dilemma | A form of syllogism in which the major premise is formed of two or more hypothetical propositions and the minor premise is adisjunctive proposition Ex: The manager must choose between pleasing the employees or the investors | 22 | |
| 4827602273 | Eulogy | A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died. Ex: Hazel's eulogy she prepared for Gus in tfios | 23 | |
| 4827603811 | Elegy | Form of literature which can be defined as a poem or song in the form of elegiac couplets, written in honor of someone deceased. Ex: Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" | 24 | |
| 4827615769 | Fable | A short tale to teach a moral lesson Ex: Tortoise and the Hare | 25 | |
| 4827619213 | Fantasy | A form of literary genre in which the plot cannot occur in the real world Ex: The Chronicles of Narnia | 26 | |
| 4827623927 | Frame device or narrative | A story set within a story Ex: Frankenstein | 27 | |
| 4827626486 | Homily | A sermon, usually on a Biblical topic and usually of a non-doctrinal nature Ex: Jesus explaining the Scripture | 28 | |
| 4827632215 | Invective | Denotes speech or writing that attacks, insults, or denounces a person, topic, or institution. It involves the use of abusive and negative use of language. Ex: "...most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth." | 29 | |
| 4827634951 | Surrealism | The proponents endeavor to mix up the differences of conscious and unconscious mind through writing and painting by using irrational juxtaposition of images. |  | 30 |
