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Literature 1 Table of Terminology

Catergory Term Definition Examples


Exposition
Inciting incident
Rising action
PLOT

Climax
Falling action
Resolution
Foreshadowing
Internal
External
Person vs self
CONFLICT

Person vs person
Person vs society
Person vs nature
Person vs fate
Protagonist
Antagonist
Flat
Round
Static
CHARACTERISATION

Dynamic
CHARACTER &

Stereotype
Hero
Anti-hero
Foil
Sympathetic
Unsympathetic
Direct characterisation
Indirect characterisation
Physical setting
SETTING Social context
Mood
Imagery

SYMBOLISM
Symbols
Similes
Metaphors
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Narrator
First person reliable
First person unreliable
POINT OF VIEW

First person naive


Second person
Third person omniscient
Third person limited
omniscient
Third person objective
(familiar / unfamiliar)
Dramatic irony
IRONY

Structural irony
Situational irony
Verbal irony
THEME Theme

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