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Regents English Exam - Literary Terms/Elements
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- 1AllusionA reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myth, etc.
- 2CatharsisWhen a character experiences an emotional cleansing
- 3CharacterizationThe process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. This can be done by describing the character's thoughts, feelings, speech and actions, revealing the reactions of other characters.
- 4dynamic characterchanges in an important way as a result of the conflict.
- 5ProtagonistThe main character (hero) who opposes one or more forces in a story.
- 6AntagonistThe character or force that comes into conflict with the protagonist.
- 7ConflictA struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces or emotions.
- 8External conflictOccurs when a character struggles against some outside force.
- 9Internal conflictOccurs when a character struggles with emotions, needs or desires within himself.
- 10FlashbackWhen the author interrupts the action of the story in order to recreate a scene from an earlier time.
- 11ForeshadowingThe use of clues to hint at what is going to happen later in the plot.
- 12ImageryLanguage that appeals to the senses.
- 13IronyA contrast between expectation and reality - between what is said and what is really meant, between what is expected and what really happens, or between what appears to be true and what really is true.
- 14Dramatic IronyWhen the audience knows something a character does not know
- 15MetaphorA figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things.
- 16MoodThe overall atmosphere or feeling of a story.
- 17PersonificationA kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.
- 18PlotThe series of events that make up a story.
- 19ExpositionIntroduces the characters, setting, and background information
- 20Narrative HookThe conflict that drives the plot forward
- 21Rising ActionThe events that occur as the result of the narrative hook
- 22ClimaxThe turning point
- 23Falling ActionThe events that occur as the result of the climax
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- Some Regents English Terms and Elements for the exam.
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