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| 6522868713 | allusion | to reference something well known (like the Bible, mythology, history, literature, people...) |  | 0 |
| 6522868714 | antagonist | the character or force in conflict with the main character |  | 1 |
| 6522868715 | mood | the feeling created in the reader |  | 2 |
| 6522868716 | character | a person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work |  | 3 |
| 6522868717 | static character | a character who doesn't change, their heart/personality stays the same |  | 4 |
| 6522868718 | dynamic character | develops and grows during the course of a story, they change |  | 5 |
| 6522868719 | flat character | shows only one trait |  | 6 |
| 6522868720 | characterization | the development of a character |  | 7 |
| 6522868721 | indirect characterization | the author lets us decide about the character by telling us the characters; speech, looks/clothing, inner thoughts, actions, what other's say about them |  | 8 |
| 6522868722 | direct characterization | the author directly states the character's traits |  | 9 |
| 6522868723 | plot | the sequence of events in a literary work |  | 10 |
| 6522868724 | exposition | introduces the setting, characters and basic situation |  | 11 |
| 6522868725 | rising action | all events leading up to the climax |  | 12 |
| 6522868726 | climax | the high point of interest or suspense |  | 13 |
| 6522868727 | falling action | leads up to the denouement/resolution |  | 14 |
| 6522868728 | resolution | the conflicts are resolved |  | 15 |
| 6522868729 | conflict | struggle between opposing forces |  | 16 |
| 6522868730 | internal conflict | a character in conflict with him or herself |  | 17 |
| 6522868731 | external conflict | a character in conflict with outside forces |  | 18 |
| 6522868732 | man vs man | character is in conflict with another person |  | 19 |
| 6522868733 | man vs society | character is in conflict with society |  | 20 |
| 6522868734 | man vs nature | character is in conflict with nature |  | 21 |
| 6522868735 | dialogue | a conversation between two character |  | 22 |
| 6522868736 | diction | writer's word choice |  | 23 |
| 6522868737 | fiction | narrative writing drawn from the imagination |  | 24 |
| 6522868738 | flashback | events that occurred prior (before) the opening scene of the work |  | 25 |
| 6522868739 | foil | a character who is used as contrast to another character |  | 26 |
| 6522868740 | foreshadowing | to present an indication or a suggestion of beforehand (tell you what is going to happen before it happens) |  | 27 |
| 6522868741 | genre | category or type of literature |  | 28 |
| 6522868742 | imagery | language that appeals to the five senses |  | 29 |
| 6522868743 | irony | a difference between what is said/happens and what is expected |  | 30 |
| 6522868744 | verbal irony | when the author says one thing and means another |  | 31 |
| 6522868745 | dramatic irony | is when the audience perceives something that a character in the literature doesn't know |  | 32 |
| 6522868746 | situational irony | a difference between the expected result and the actual result |  | 33 |
| 6522868747 | metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things |  | 34 |
| 6522868748 | moral | lesson taught by a story or fable |  | 35 |
| 6522868749 | narrative | a kind of writing that tells a story |  | 36 |
| 6522868750 | personification | giving human qualities to an non-human objects |  | 37 |
| 6522868751 | point of view | the vantage point from which the author tells a story |  | 38 |
| 6522868752 | first person | one character tells the story |  | 39 |
| 6522868753 | third person limited | narrator tells the story from the perspective of one character |  | 40 |
| 6522868754 | third person omniscient | narrator tells the story but knows everything about all characters |  | 41 |
| 6522868755 | protagonist | the main character in a story |  | 42 |
| 6522868756 | satire | a type of writing that ridicules (critizes) something in order to reveal a weakness |  | 43 |
| 6522868757 | setting | time, place and atmosphere of a story |  | 44 |
| 6522868758 | short story | a short fictional prose narrative |  | 45 |
| 6522868759 | simile | the comparison of two unlike things using like or as |  | 46 |
| 6522868760 | style | combination of the ideas expressed and the author's individuality |  | 47 |
| 6522868761 | suspense | uncertainty or anxiety felt about what might happen in a story |  | 48 |
| 6522868762 | symbol | using an object or action that means something more than it's literal meaning |  | 49 |
| 6522868763 | theme | the major recurring idea, larger meaning of a work |  | 50 |
| 6522868764 | tone | the author's attitude towards the subject/audience |  | 51 |
