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| 45765609 | commercial fiction | written with the intent to entertain, make money | |
| 45765610 | literary fiction | written with the intent to mirror human life and values | |
| 45765611 | serious reader | a reader of literary works | |
| 45765612 | plot | the sequence of incidents or events through which an author constructs a story | |
| 45765613 | conflict | a clash of actions, ideas, desires, or wills | |
| 45765614 | 4 types of conflicts | man vs man; man vs society; man vs himself; man vs environment | |
| 45765615 | protagonist | the central character of the story | |
| 45765616 | antagonist | a person, thing, convention of society that acts against the protagonist | |
| 45765617 | mystery | an unusual set of circumstances for which the reader craves an explanation to build suspense | |
| 45765618 | dilemma | a position in which he or she must choose between two courses of action, both undesirable | |
| 45765619 | surprise ending | one that features a sudden, unexpected turn or twist | |
| 45765620 | unhappy ending | found in most literary fiction to reflect and illuminate life; acknowledges human defeats in life as well as triumphs | |
| 45765621 | indeterminate ending | no definitive conclusion is reached | |
| 45765622 | artistic unity | the condition of a successful literary work wherby all its elements work together for the achievement of its central purpose | |
| 45765623 | plot manipulation | a turn in the plot that is unjustified by the situation or characters | |
| 45765624 | deus ex machina | "god from a machine"; a type of plot manipulation | |
| 45765625 | direct presentation | the author tells the reader straight out, either by exposition or analysis, what the characters are like | |
| 45765626 | indirect presentation | the author shows what the character is like through actions | |
| 45765627 | flat character | a character that has only one or two predominant traits; can be summarized up in a sentence or two | |
| 45765628 | round character | a character that is complex and many-sided; a whole essay can be written analyzing this character | |
| 45765629 | stock character | a stereotyped figure who has recurred so often in fiction that we recognize him at once | |
| 45765630 | static character | a character who remains the same person from the beginning of the story to the end | |
| 45765631 | developing/dynamic character | a character who undergoes some distinct change of character, personality, or outlook | |
| 45765632 | epiphany | a moment of spiritual insight into life or into the character's own circumstances | |
| 45765633 | theme | the controlling idea or its central insight | |
| 45765634 | point of view | who tells the story and how it is told | |
| 45765635 | omniscient point of view | te story is told in teh third person by a narrator whose knowledge and prerogatives are unlimited | |
| 45765636 | third-person point of view | the story is told in the third person, but from the viewpoint of one charcter in the story | |
| 45765637 | stream of consciousness | presenting apparently random thoughts going through a character's head within a certain period of time | |
| 45765638 | first-person point of view | the author disappears into one of the characters, who tells the story in first person | |
| 45765639 | objective point of view | the narrator disappears into a kind of roving sound camera | |
| 45765640 | symbol | an object, person, situation, action, or some other element that has a literal meaning in the story, but that suggests or represents other meanings as well | |
| 45765641 | allegory | a story that has a second meaning beneath the surface, endowing a cluster of characters, objects, or events with added significance | |
| 45765642 | dramatic irony | the contrast between what a character says or thinks and what the reader knows to be true | |
| 45765643 | verbal irony | the speaker says the opposite of what he or she intends to say | |
| 45765644 | irony of situation | the discrepancy between appearance and reality, expectation and fulfillment, or between what is and what would seem appropriate | |
| 45765645 | sentimentality | unmerited or contrived tender feeling to elicit tears |
