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LIT TERMS

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Index

• Protagonist & Antagonist…….3• Plot & Exposition……………...4• Setting & Climax………………5• Metaphor & Simile…………….6• Internal & External Conflict…..7• Personification & Flashback…8• Foreshadowing & Theme…….9• Resolution & Dialogue………..10• Symbol & Rising Action………11• Flat & Round Character……...12• Tone & Point of View…………13• First & Third Person………….14

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Protagonist & Antagonist

• Protagonist- Good guy of the story.

• Antagonist- Bad guy of the story.

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Plot & Exposition

• Plot- What the story is about.

• Exposition- The Background Info of the Character.

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Setting & Climax

• Setting- Where the story is placed at.

• Climax- Most dramatic part of the story.

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Metaphor & Simile

• Metaphor- Comparison without using like or as.

• Simile- Comparison using like or as.

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Conflict (internal & external)

• Internal- Emotional Feelings within self.

• External- Express feelings with other characters.

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Personification & Flashback

• Personification- Giving human characteristics to something that’s not.

• Flashback- View of the past.

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Foreshadowing & Theme

• Foreshadowing- Hints to what might happen in the future of the story.

• Theme- The lesson that the book teaches.

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Resolution & Dialogue

• Resolution- Conflicts come to an end.

• Dialogue- Argument between the characters.

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Symbol & Rising action

• Symbol- represents person, place, or thing.

• Rising Action- The rising of action in the story.

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Flat & Round Character

• Flat- stereo typical • Round- Regular old guy.

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Tone & Point of View

• Tone- The attitude that the author is trying to express.

• Point of View- The way the story is told.

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First & Third Person

• First- One person telling his part of the story

• Third- Omniscient story teller.