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Academic Vocabulary Word List with Definitions - TEST TOMORROW
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- 11. Allusion -An author's purposeful reference shapes theme.
- 22. Antagonist -A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.
- 33. Climax -The point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point.
- 44. Conflict -A literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces usually a protagonist and an antagonist.
- 55. Connotation -Additional meaning associated with the words (emotions, ideas, and other words).
- 66. Denotation -Direct and specific meaning.
- 77. Dynamic character -A character that changes throughout the course of the narrative.
- 88. Exposition -A literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. To the audience or readers.
- 99. Falling action -The part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.
- 1010. Fiction -Literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people.
- 1111. Flashback -Moments identified by the author that relate to previous events.
- 1212. Flat character -Characters that are two-dimensional and are relatively uncomplicated.
- 1313. Foreshadowing -Clues by the author that allude to later events.
- 1414. Inciting incident -The event that sets the central conflict in motion.
- 1515. Mood -feeling(s) evoked in the reader as a reaction to the narrative's atmosphere.
- 1616. Narrative -A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
- 1717. Plot -The events take make up a storyline.
- 1818. Point-of-view -The narrator's position in relation to the story being told.
- 1919. Protagonist -The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.
- 2020. Resolution -The point in a literary work at which the chief dramatic complication is worked out.
- 2121. Rising action -A related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.
- 2222. Round character -A realistic character that displays multiple character traits that is complex.
- 2323. Static character -A character that does not change throughout the course of the narrative.
- 2424. Theme -A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly.
- 2525. Tone -Author's attitude toward the subject/topic evoked through diction.
- 26Flat and round characters -Are opposites.
- 27Static and dynamic characters -Are opposites.
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