Literary Terms Flashcards

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omniscient

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Knowing, seeing, or understanding everything

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plot

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The story that is told, as in a novel, play, movie, etc.

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point of view

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The perspective from which a story is told

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resolution

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The way the main complication of a literary work is settled

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rising action

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A series of plot events that build up toward the climax

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setting

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The context and environment in which something is situated

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structure

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The complex composition of knowledge as elements

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third person

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Narration from the point of view of those being described