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Literary Terms MIDTERM
Mrs. B's class
16
English
9th Grade
12/17/2012

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Internal Conflict
Definition

created when the main character undergoes an emotional struggle

 

Ex. Scarlet Ibis when the narrator is sad about Doodle's death and about how Doodle is handicapped

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Climax
Definition

the point of highest intensity 

 

Ex. Sound of Thunder, Eckles steps on the butterfly

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Suspense 
Definition

Feeling of uncertainty about what will happen next

 

Ex. Being Prey, Valerie feels like she's being watched

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Foreshadowing
Definition

Use of clues to hint at what is going to happen

 

Ex. Scarlet Ibis, Narrator makes Doodle touch his own casket

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Setting
Definition

time, place, and condition where the story takes place

 

Ex. Most Dangerous Game: Shiptrap Island, unknown time, dangerous jungle

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Protagonist 
Definition

Leading character, hero/heroine of the story

 

Ex. The wife's story THE WIFE

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Antagonist 
Definition

Character who is opposes or struggles against the main character

 

Ex. Zaroff: Most Dangerous Game (Guy who tried to kill Rainsford) 

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Round Character 
Definition

Character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are FULLY defined by the author

 

Ex. Doodle, Scarlet Ibis

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Flat Character
Definition

Character with few traits

 

Ex. Della's husband, The Gift of the Magi

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Static Character
Definition
Character who goes through little or no change

Ex. Mrs. Jones from Thank You Ma'am  
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Dynamic Character
Definition
Character who goes through an important change 

Ex. Sucker from Sucker (he went from being gulible to being a badass)
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Direct Characterization
Definition

Process where the personality of a fictious character is revealed through adjectives and phrases

 

Ex. Narrator in Scarlet Ibis describes Doodle as having a shriveled up head and cannot run etc.

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Indirect Characterization
Definition

Personality of a character is revealed through their speech, actions, and appearence 

 

Ex. In Sucker, when Pete tells Sucker to jump off the roof and he'll fly we know how much Sucker really trusts Pete. 

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Omniscient Narrator 
Definition

Narrator is not a character and never refers to themselves directly

 

Ex. In Interlopers, the narrator can get into everyone's heads (with the two arguing families and the guys get squished by the tree)

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First-Person Narrator
Definition

Character in the story who talks to us using first person (I did this, I did that) it's told from a character's point of view. 

 

Ex. Montressor from Cask of Amontilido.

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