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| 5968348457 | Dynamic Character | A character that undergoes some kind of change because of the action in the plot. | 0 | |
| 5968348458 | Static Character | A character that does not change throughout the work, and the reader's knowledge of that character does not grow. | 1 | |
| 5968348459 | Foil Character | A character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character. | 2 | |
| 5968348460 | Flat Character | A character that embodies one or two qualities, ideas, or traits that can be readily described in a brief summary. | 3 | |
| 5968348461 | Stock Character | A stereotypical person whom audiences readily recognize from frequent recurrences in a particular literary tradition. | 4 | |
| 5968348462 | Round Character | A round character is extremely realistic, behaving and speaking in a "real life" manner. The character is complex and increases in complexity throughout the story. | 5 | |
| 5968348463 | 1st Person POV | A narrative is a point of view (who is telling a story) where the story is narrated by one character at a time. This character may be speaking about him or herself or sharing events that he or she is experiencing. | 6 | |
| 5968348464 | 3rd Person Omniscient | Third person omniscient is a point of view where the narrator knows all the thoughts, actions, and feelings of all characters. The author may move from character to character to show how each one contributes to the plot | 7 | |
| 5968348465 | 3rd Person Limited | Third person limited is a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character and adheres closely to that one character's perspective. | 8 | |
| 5968348466 | Stream of Conscious Narrator | stream of consciousness is a method of narration that describes in words the flow of thoughts in the minds of the characters. | 9 | |
| 5968348467 | Unreliable Narrator | whether in literature, film, or theater, whose credibility has been seriously compromised. | 10 | |
| 5968348468 | Naive Narrator | Subcategory of the unreliable narrator, a narrative device used throughout literature. | 11 | |
| 5968348469 | Plot | causal sequence of events in a story | 12 | |
| 5968348470 | Exposition | the start of the story, the situation before the action starts | 13 | |
| 5968368181 | Inciting Incident | the initial event that leads to conflict | 14 | |
| 5968371335 | Rising Action | the events in the story leading to the climax | 15 | |
| 5968375744 | Climax | the "moment of truth"; the section in the story in which the conflict is decided | 16 | |
| 5968383291 | Falling Action | the events the result from the climax | 17 | |
| 5968385890 | Resolution/Denouement | the closing of the story in which details are "tied up" | 18 | |
| 5968394899 | Types of Conflict | Human vs. Human, Human vs. Nature, Human vs. Society, Human vs. Self, Human vs. Fate, Human vs. Technology | 19 | |
| 5968409969 | Chronological Order | Events in the story are sequenced in time order | 20 | |
| 5968412098 | Flashback | Events in a story that reflect an earlier time than the narrative initially projects | 21 | |
| 5968419419 | in media res | "in the middle of things"; when a story starts in the middle of the action with little or no exposition | 22 | |
| 5968429704 | Objective Point of View | lack of opinionated narrator; story is told without comment | 23 | |
| 5968442896 | Symbol | an object, person, situation, action, or some other item that has a literal meaning in the story but suggests or represents other meanings as well | 24 | |
| 5968450879 | Theme | the controlling idea of a piece of fiction; should be stated as a complete sentence | 25 | |
| 5968467687 | Diction | Word Choice | 26 | |
| 5968467688 | Denotation | dictionary meaning of word | 27 | |
| 5968471411 | Connotation | feeling associated with word | 28 | |
| 5968477584 | Formal Diction | exceeding proper vocabulary; follows all accepted grammar rules | 29 | |
| 5968480759 | Informal Diction | conversational vocabulary | 30 | |
| 5968483674 | slang | language that is very informal; follows no specific rules; often restricted to context | 31 | |
| 5968496818 | Colloquial | a form of informal language often connected with a specific group or region | 32 | |
| 5968507393 | Irony | an expression of meaning the is the opposite of what could be reasonably expected | 33 | |
| 5968513359 | Situational Irony | the outcome of a situation is the opposite of what could be reasonably expected | 34 | |
| 5968519425 | Verbal Irony | the meaning of words is the opposite of what could be reasonably expected | 35 | |
| 5968523112 | Dramatic Irony | the audience/reader knows more about a situation than the characters | 36 | |
| 5968533311 | Tone | the author's attitude toward the subject | 37 | |
| 5968552387 | Allegory | a story that uses sustained symbolic meanings | 38 |
