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| antagonist (an-TAG-uh-nist): |
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| a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works again the main character, or protagonist, in some way. The antagonist doesn’t necessarily have to be an person. It could be death, the devil, an illness, or any challenge that prevents the main character from living “happily ever after." |
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| a person who is responsible for the thoughts and actions within a story, poem, or other literature. |
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| the time, place, physical details, and circumstances in which a situation occurs. |
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| a common thread or repeated idea that is incorporated throughout a literary work. It is a thought or idea the author presents to the reader that may be deep, difficult to understand, or even moralistic. Generally, it has to be extracted as the reader explores the passages of a work. |
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| a word or object that stands for another word or object. The object or word can be seen with the eye or not visible. For example a dove stands for Peace. The dove can be seen and peace cannot. |
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| protagonist (pro-TAG-eh-nist) : |
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| is considered to be the main character or lead figure in a novel, play, story, or poem. It may also be referred to as the "hero" of a work. |
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| point of view (point ov veww): |
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| a way the events of a story are conveyed to the reader, it is the “vantage point” from which the narrative is passed from author to the reader. |
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| one who tells a story, the speaker or the “voice” of an oral or written work |
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| a literary term referring to how a person, situation, statement, or circumstance is not as it would actually seem. Many times it is the exact opposite of what it appears to be. |
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| An author’s selection and arrangement of incidents in a story to shape the action and give the story a particular focus. |
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