Literary Elements

Front

What do you call a character that is fully-developed, with many traits bad and good shown in the story, making us feel that we know the character so well that he or she has become a real person?

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Round Character

Front

What is close reading where the reader interacts with the text by adding explanatory notes and critical comments to clarify what they are reading for meaning and understanding called?

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Annotation

Front

What is the dictionary definition of a word?

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Denotation

Front

What type of conflict happens when a character must make a decision about a problem or struggle they are having within themselves?

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Character vs. Self

Front

What is the end part of a story and the climax and falling action, consisting of finishing story lines and only occurs in happily ending stories?

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Denouement

Front

What do you call a character that does not change throughout the story and remains the same?

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Static Character

Front

What is the emotional association or meaning that a word carries beyond its literal definition?

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Connotation

Front

What is a literary device that gives human traits to non-human things?

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Personification

Front

What is the main character in a story, often facing a conflict?

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Protagonist

Front

What is a character or force in conflict with the main character?

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Antagonist