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Antagonist a character or force in conflict with a main character, or protagonist Character a person or animal that takes part in a narrative (story) Characterization The act of creating or developing a character through • Appearance and personality • Speech and behavior • Thoughts and feelings • Opinions of others Climax the high point of interest or suspense in a story; also called the turning point Conflict a problem or struggle between opposing forces; can be internal or external Exposition Mr. Green: Mrs. Scarlet: Where: When: What: the banker the loan officer in the Living Room at midnight fight with the candlestick introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation Falling Action the events of a narrative following the climax, leading to the resolution Flashback a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events that happened earlier Foreshadowing an author’s use of hints or clues to hint about future events Inciting Incident/ Initiating Event the first event; it gets the ball rolling Irony the opposite of what is meant; a contradiction between what happens and what is expected Mood the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage Motive/ Motivation the reason that explains a character's thoughts, feelings, action, or speech Plot the sequence of events in a narrative (story) Point of View 1st person, narrator is a character in the story; uses pronouns I, me, and myself 3rd person , the narrator is not a character in the story; uses pronouns he or she 3rd person, omniscient, an outsider who can enter the mind/s of one or more characters the perspective the narrator is telling the story Protagonist the main character in a literary work Rising Action the events that lead to the climax; increasing the the interest or suspense Resolution the end or outcome of the conflict in a plot Setting the time and place of the action of the story Theme central message, concern, or purpose of a story Alliteration repetition of beginning consonant sounds Allusion a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art Figurative language does not mean exactly what you say; a meaning other than the ordinary meaning Hyperbole exaggeration that is obvious and intentional Idiom common expression that doesn’t make sense if taken literally Literal language means exactly what you say Metaphor compares two unlike things without the use of like or as Onomatopoeia uses words that imitate sound Personification an object or nonhuman subject is given human characteristics Simile a direct comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as. Symbol Symbolism anything that stands for or represents something else Tone the author’s attitude toward the audience and subject THE END Character Traits the qualities, attitude, and values that a character has or displays Dialogue a conversation between characters. Subplot a story in a novel or film that is separate from the main story and is not as important as the main story Inference R E A D I N G a conclusion drawn by the reader from “reading between the lines” by using prior knowledge and text Parallel Episode certain elements of the plot are repeated Imagery -sun baked backs -pumpkin patch an author uses words and phrases to create mental images for the reader Suspense a feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work Short Story a brief work of fiction which presents a sequence of events or plot Fiction literary work based on the imagination, not fact