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Literary Picture Literary Picture DictionaryDictionary

By Paul Dunn and Andre MorrisBy Paul Dunn and Andre Morris

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IndexIndex Exposition, Antagonist (p.3)Exposition, Antagonist (p.3) Protagonist, Plot (p.4)Protagonist, Plot (p.4) Setting, Climax (p.5)Setting, Climax (p.5) Conflict, Metaphor (p.6)Conflict, Metaphor (p.6) Simile, Personification (p.7)Simile, Personification (p.7) Flashback, Foreshadowing (p.8)Flashback, Foreshadowing (p.8) Theme, Resolution (p.9)Theme, Resolution (p.9) Dialogue, Symbol (p.10)Dialogue, Symbol (p.10) Rising Action, Flat Character (p.11)Rising Action, Flat Character (p.11) Round Character, Tone (p.12)Round Character, Tone (p.12) First Person, Third Person (p.13) First Person, Third Person (p.13) Point of View (p.14)Point of View (p.14)

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Exposition Antagonist Exposition Antagonist

Background Background Information shown in Information shown in a storya story

Character that tries to Character that tries to ruin the main ruin the main charactercharacter

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Protagonist PlotProtagonist Plot

The hero or helper in The hero or helper in the story; Good guythe story; Good guy

Sequence of events Sequence of events that take place that take place throughout the storythroughout the story

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Setting ClimaxSetting Climax

Time and place the Time and place the story takes placestory takes place

The turning point and The turning point and main event of the main event of the story; the end of the story; the end of the uprisings uprisings

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Conflict MetaphorConflict Metaphor

Encounter and Encounter and problem between the problem between the antagonist and antagonist and protagonist; Internal protagonist; Internal inside the characters inside the characters headhead

A comparison without A comparison without the use of “like” or the use of “like” or “as” made in a story “as” made in a story

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Simile PersonificationSimile Personification

A comparison made A comparison made between two things between two things using “like” or “as” or using “like” or “as” or bothboth

A figure of speech A figure of speech where an inanimate where an inanimate object is given human object is given human or living or living characteristicscharacteristics

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Flashback ForeshadowingFlashback Foreshadowing

Time in a story where Time in a story where the character refers the character refers back into the past; back into the past; has a past-time visionhas a past-time vision

An event in a story An event in a story where a character where a character mentions something mentions something that hints something that hints something in the future in the future

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Theme Resolution Theme Resolution

Offset Idea in literary Offset Idea in literary workwork

A happening in the A happening in the story after the climax story after the climax that shows how it that shows how it turns out afterwards turns out afterwards

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Dialogue Symbol Dialogue Symbol

Speech; talking Speech; talking during a play, story, during a play, story, or movieor movie

An object in the story An object in the story that represents that represents somethingsomething

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Rising Action Flat characterRising Action Flat character

Time in the story that Time in the story that works up to the works up to the climaxclimax

Characters that can Characters that can be described briefly be described briefly and in little words and in little words

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Round Character ToneRound Character Tone

Much more complex Much more complex and detailed than a and detailed than a flat character; many flat character; many words to describe words to describe them them

The attitude of the The attitude of the author toward his/her author toward his/her subjectsubject

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First Person Third PersonFirst Person Third Person

A story told by the A story told by the narrator narrator

A story told from all A story told from all points of viewpoints of view

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Point of View Point of View

The perspective of the story that is being The perspective of the story that is being seen by the reader and authorseen by the reader and author