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Literary elements
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8th Grade
02/14/2018

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Setting
Definition
Where and When the story takes place
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Character
Definition
A person or thing in the story
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Conflict
Definition
A problem or dilemma in the story
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Literary Device
Definition
A technique writers use to create a specific effect
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Plot
Definition
What makes up a story
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Internal Conflict
Definition
When the main conflict is inside the mains characters head
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External Conflict
Definition
When the main conflict is outside the main characters head
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Climax
Definition
The most suspenceful point in the story
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Exposition
Definition
The begining of the story when characters and conflict are introduced.
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Falling Action
Definition
After the climax, when the story is wrapping up
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Rising Action
Definition
Suspence is growing, conflict getting more predomanate
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Resolution
Definition
The conflict is resolved
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Round
Definition
Very detailed characters
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Dynamic
Definition
Characters that go though a change in the story
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Flat
Definition
Characters we don't know much about
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Static
Definition
Characters that don't change
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Protagonist
Definition
The main character in the story
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Antagonist
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The person that goes against the Protagonist
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Character vs Character
Definition
When the main character has a conflict with another character
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Character vs Nature
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When a character has a conflict with nature
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Character vs Self
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When a character has a conflict with themself
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Character vs Society
Definition
When the character has a conflict with the way things are. (Laws, Groups of People)
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Suspence
Definition
A feeling of uncertanty you get when reading
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Reversal
Definition
When a characters luck goes from good to bad or bad to good
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Mystery
Definition
When the author leaves out details to keep us wondering
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Dilemma
Definition
When the main character has to make a dangerous decision
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Foreshadowing
Definition
When the author gives clues about what will happen next
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Point of View
Definition
The way the story is told
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1st Person
Definition
The narrator is in the story,I , Me
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2nd Person
Definition
From your perspective, You, Your
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3rd Limited
Definition
Narrator is outside the story, and knows the thoughts of one character
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3rd Omnicient
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Narrator is outside the story, Knows all
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Narrator
Definition
The person who tells the story
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Unreliable Narrator
Definition
When the narrators credibility has been comprimised
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Mood
Definition
The overall feeling in a story
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Irony
Definition
A difference between reality and expectations
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Situational Irony
Definition
When the opposite of what's expected happens
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Verbal Irony
Definition
When you say the opposite of what you mean
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Dramatic Irony
Definition
When you know something the characters don't
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Theme
Definition
A genral idea or insight about life, that you learn from literture
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