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Flashcards by cybercelt2, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by cybercelt2
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| Narration | The vantage point from which a story is told; the eye and mind through which the action is perceived and filtered |
| Exposition | The immediate or gradual revelation of setting, character, and background information needed for understanding the plot; the beginning part of a story where the reader is given the details s/he needs to know |
| Conflict | A struggle between opposing forces (external or internal) |
| Protagonist | the principal and central character of a story, usually the hero; the character who has to solve the problem |
| antagonist | the character, force of nature, or object that stands in opposition to the protagonist; they cause the conflict |
| Scapegoat | a character or group made to bear the blame of others or to suffer in their place |
| Character Foil | A character who contrasts with the hero in a way that emphasizes one or more traits, attitudes or actions of the hero. Example: a foolish character sets the hero's wisdom in a stronger light |
| Direct Characterisation | the author tells the reader what sort of person the character is |
| Indirect Characterisation | presentation of the character without interpretation by the author; the author shows the reader what sort of person the character is through actions, dialogue, thoughts, and mannerisms |
| Character Motivation | the inner drive, impulse, or intention that causes a character to feel, think, and act in a certain way |
| Foreshaddowing | Details that hint at the direction the story is going to move; a hint or clue to future action; creates suspense, prepares the reader for what happens next |
| Setting | time, place, climate, environment |
| Irony | the recognition of the difference between reality and appearance |
| Similie | A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared |
| Metaphor | A figure of speech in which two unlike objects are imaginatively compared or identified with each other |
| Personification | When human traits are given to a something that is not a human |
| Imagery | writes create pictures that appeal to the reader's sense of sight |
| Allusion | A reference to characters, places, or events from history, literature, religion, or art; the author assumes the reader will recognize the reference and understand more about the author's message |
| Symbol | an object, place, character, condition, or action that stands for or suggests something abstract |
| Theme | The central or dominating idea, the message in a story, not stated directly, it is expressed through recurrent images, actions, characters, or symbols |
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