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9th Grade
01/20/2009

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The process of revealing the personality of a character in a story.
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Characterization
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a character who does not change much in the course of a story.
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Static Character
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A character that changes as a result of the story's events.
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Dynamic Character
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a character that has only one or two traits that can be described in a few words, these charaacters have no depth
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Flat Character
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A character that has many different traits that can sometimes contradict each other.
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Round Character
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A moment of great emotional intensity or suspense in a plot; usually marks the moment when the conflict is decided one way or another
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Climax
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Struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces. (ex. Saxons and the Britons)
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Conflict
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A character struggles against an outside force like another character, society, or nature.
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External Conflict
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Takes place entirely within a characters own mind; a struggle between opposing needs or desires or emotions withing the a single person.
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Internal Conflict
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Difference between appearance and reality.
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Irony
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The part of the plot that gives information about the characters and their problems or conflicts.
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Exposition
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The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in a plot; used to build suspense and sometimes anxiety in the reader.
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Foreshadow
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Language that appeals to the senses; most are visual- that is creating pictures in the readers mind , but they also appeal to the senses of sound, taste,touch, or smell.
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Imagery
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