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| 7388365972 | antihero | a protagonist who has the opposite of most of the traditional attributes of a hero | 0 | |
| 7388374113 | allegory | a narration or description usually restricted to a single meaning because its events, actions, characters, settings, and objects represent specific abstractions or ideas | 1 | |
| 7388384802 | character | a person presented in a dramatic or narrative work, the process by which a writer makes that character seem real to the reader | 2 | |
| 7388384803 | conflict | struggle within the plot between opposing forces | 3 | |
| 7388384804 | canon | works generally considered b scholars, critics, and teachers to be the most important to read and study, which collectively constitute the "masterpieces" of literature | 4 | |
| 7388387408 | climax | the moment of greatest emotional tension in a narrative, usually marking a turning point in the plot at which the rising action reverses to become the falling action | 5 | |
| 7388389905 | consistency | constantly adhering to the same principles, course, form | 6 | |
| 7388415256 | denouement (resolution) | the conclusion of a plot's conflict and complications | 7 | |
| 7388415257 | direct characterization | occurs when the author specifically reveals traits about the character in a straightforward manner | 8 | |
| 7388417533 | indirect characterization | the process by which the writer shows the character's personality through speech, actions and appearance | 9 | |
| 7388417534 | character motivation | when the reader or audience is offered reasons for how the characters behave, what they say, and the decisions they make | 10 | |
| 7388422777 | dynamic character | undergoes some kind of change because of the action in the plot | 11 | |
| 7388446213 | exposition | a narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work, that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances | 12 | |
| 7388453608 | external conflict | character, society, nature, or other outside aspects that struggle against one another throughout the plot | 13 | |
| 7388464130 | formula fiction | follows a pattern of conventional reader expectations | 14 | |
| 7388466698 | flat character | embodies one or two qualities, ideas, or traits that can be readily described in a brief summary | 15 | |
| 7388469871 | falling action | characterized by diminishing tensions and the resolution of the plot's conflicts and complications | 16 | |
| 7388480060 | foil | character in a work whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character in order to highlight the distinctive temperament of that character | 17 | |
| 7388480061 | in medias res | describes the common strategy of beginning a story in the middle of the action | 18 | |
| 7388492413 | flashback | narrated scene that marks a break in the narrative in order to inform the reader or audience member about events that took place before the opening scene of a work | 19 | |
| 7388502705 | first person narrator | I in the story presents the point of view of only one character | 20 | |
| 7388507361 | editorial omniscience | refers to an intrusion by the narrator in order to evaluate a character for a reader | 21 | |
| 7388510287 | neutral omniscience | narration that allows the characters' actions and thoughts to speak for themselves | 22 | |
| 7388514921 | limited omniscience | occurs when an author restricts a narrator to the single perspective of either a major or minor character | 23 | |
| 7388519616 | unreliable narrator | reveals an interpretation of events that is somehow different from the author's own interpretation of those events | 24 | |
| 7388524395 | naive narrators | usually characterized by youthful innocence | 25 | |
| 7388530668 | narrator | voice of the person telling the story, not to be confused with the author's voice | 26 | |
| 7388537389 | omniscient narrator | all knowing who is not a character in the story and who can move from place to place and pass back and forth through time, slipping into and out of characters as no human being possibly could in real life | 27 | |
| 7388550572 | point of view | refers to who tells us a story and how it is told | 28 | |
| 7388555039 | plausibility | action by a character in a story that seems reasonable, given the motivations presented | 29 | |
| 7388561369 | stock character | characters that embody stereotypes; become types rather than individuals | 30 | |
| 7388564478 | static character | does not change throughout the work, and the reader's knowledge of that character doesn't grow | 31 | |
| 7388568879 | round character | more complex than flat or stock characters and often display the inconsistencies and internal conflicts found in most real people | 32 | |
| 7388575935 | plot | an author's selection and arrangement of incidents in a story to shape the action and shape the story a particular focus | 33 | |
| 7388584647 | rising action | in which complication creates some sort of conflict for the protagonist | 34 | |
| 7388589752 | setting | the physical and social context in which the action of a story occurs | 35 | |
| 7388595060 | theme | the central meaning or dominant idea in a literary work | 36 | |
| 7388597797 | symbol | person, object, image, word, or event that evokes a range of additional meaning beyond and usually more abstract than its literal significance | 37 | |
| 7388602340 | conventional symbol | have meanings that are widely recognized by society and culture | 38 | |
| 7388605426 | literary symbol | setting, character, action, object, name, or anything else in a work that maintains its literal significance while suggesting other meanings | 39 | |
| 7388613179 | internal conflict | internal aspects that struggle throughout the plot | 40 | |
| 7388618817 | stream-of-consciousness | takes a reader inside a character's mind to reveal perceptions, thoughts, and feelings on a conscious or unconscious level | 41 | |
| 7388627270 | byronic hero | they're typically rebellious, arrogant, anti-social or in exile, and darkly, enticingly romantic | 42 | |
| 7388632315 | Romantic | place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." | 43 | |
| 7388636345 | Victorian | genre that defined to a large extent by the historical era rather than any other characteristic. | 44 | |
| 7388636346 | Realism | genre consisting of stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting; these stories resemble real life, and fictional characters within these stories react similarly to real people | 45 | |
| 7388638942 | Minimalism | colloquially refers to anything that is spare or stripped to its essentials | 46 | |
| 7388638943 | Postmodernism | 1950's on writing that is skeptical of beliefs, situations, anything most people would consider a given; breaks things down and rearranges them; bricolage | 47 | |
| 7388643181 | Gothic | an English genre of fiction popular in the 18th to early 19th centuries, characterized by an atmosphere of mystery and horror and having a pseudomedieval setting. | 48 | |
| 7388643182 | interpretative literature | helps us to understand deeper questions of life, death, hate, sorrow, and all of the other many basic elements of human existence | 49 |
