Literary Concepts Definitions

Topic: LifeDream
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Last updated: May 12, 2019
Character
a person or animal who takes part in the action

Protagonist
main character in a story who usually changes in some way

Antagonist
a character who opposes the main character

Round Character
shows many traits(faults as well as virtues)

Dynamic Character
develops and grows throughout the course of the story

Static Character
does not change throughout the course of the story

Flat Character
has only one or two traits(one dimensional)

Narrator
a speaker who tells a story(can be in the story or outside)

First Person Point of View
one character is actually telling the story(I)

Third Person Omniscient Point of View
the person telling the story knows everything the is to know about the characters

Third Person Limited Point of View
the narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of just one character

Stereotypes
embody a standardized idea about characters,plots, and settings

Stereotyped Character
standardized idea about a character

Stereotyped Plot
standardized idea about a plot

Stereotyped Setting
standardized idea about setting

Simile
a figure of speech in which “like” or “as” is used to make a comparison between two unlike things

Tone
writer’s attitude

Dialect
the form of language spoken by people in the particular region or group

Dialogue
conversation between two characters,reveal stuff about characters

Diction
word choice-consider vocabulary used,appropriateness of words,vividness of language(can be formal or informal)

Allusion
reference to a well-known person,place,event,literary work,or work of art

Symbol
anything that stands for or represents something else

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