Character

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Character

• A person who figures in the action of a literary
  work.

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Protagonist

• Often the main character
• A central figure in a literary work

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Antagonist

• A character pitted against the protagonist

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Flat Character

• One who exhibits a single dominant quality or
  character trait.
• We only see one side of the character

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Round Character

• One who exhibits the complexity of traits
  associated with actual human beings.
• We see all sides of the character - happy, sad,
  mad, pleasant, etc.

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Static Character

• A character that does not change throughout the
  whole story
• Personality and behaviors are the same throughout
  the story

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Dynamic Character

• The character makes some kind of change within
  the story.
• Example Ebenezer Scrooge - he is mean and
  hateful at the beginning of A Christmas Carol,
  but at the end he is kind and giving. He made
  some kind of change.

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Setting

• The time and the place of the story

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Mood

• The atmosphere or emotion created in the reader
  and by the writer.

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Conflict

• A struggle between two forces

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Plot

• The introduction, development, and eventual
  resolution of a conflict.
• A series of events related to a central conflict
  or struggle.

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Exposition

• A type of writing that presents facts or opinions
  in an organized manner.
• The most common ways to organize exposition
• Analysis
• Classification
• Comparison-contrast
• Process or How-to

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Inciting Incident

• The event that introduces the central conflict.

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Rising Action

• Develops the conflict to a high point of intensity

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Climax

• The high point of interest or suspense in the plot

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Turning Point

• Often the same as climax.
• The point in the plot where something decisive
  happens to determine the future course of events
  and the eventual working out of the conflict.

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Falling Action

• All the events that follow the climax

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Resolution

• The point at which the central conflict is ended
  or resolved

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Denouement

• Any material that follows the resolution that
  ties up loose ends

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Theme

• A central idea
• An idea about life

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