Literary Terms and Concepts

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audience

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the listener, viewer, or reader of a text

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author's purpose

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the author's intent either to inform/teach, to entertain, or to persuade/convince the audience

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character's actions

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tells readers a lot about the character which can also be communicated through thoughts and feelings.

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characters' relationships

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the relationships that characters in a story form with other characters.

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characters' interaction

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as in real life, it is the ways in which the characters of a story interact with each other

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conflict

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A struggle between two opposing forces

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internal conflict

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A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character

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external conflict

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A problem or struggle between a character and someone or something outside of the character.

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What are examples of external conflict?

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Man vs. nature, man vs. man, man vs. society.

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dialogue

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Conversation between two or more characters