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A. Forms: 1. Short Story- short work that creates a single impression on the reader. 2. Novel- prose narrative of considerable length, portraying characters, actions, and scenes 3.Novella- fictional narrative that is longer and more complex thana short story.

 A. Character  1. Protagonist: the character presented with the conflict  2. Antagonist: the character who presents the conflict  3. Flat character: one dimension (one quality) character  4. Round character: multi-dimensional (many qualities) character 

 5. Dynamic character: a character who changes (epiphany)  6. Static character: a character who doesn’t change  7. Stock character: a character with predictable qualities  Ex. the miserly old man, the school bully

 1. Setting: time and place  2. Mood: the feeling created in the reader  3. Tone: the attitude of the author towards their work

4. Conflict: a tension in a literary work a. internal takes place within the character man v. himself b. external between character and some other force

5. Theme: the underlying message in a literary work 6. Plot: The order of events in a story a. exposition: (introduction) character, setting, situation b. rising action: conflict begins- inciting incident c. climax: highest point of tension d. falling action: conflict begins to resolve e. denouement: conclusion (day-noo-may)

(Freytag’s Pyramid)

 1. Foreshadowing: giving the reader a clue about something that something will happen  2. Simile: comparison between 2 things using like/as i.e. The snow was like a blanket covering the ground  3. Metaphor: comparison between 2 things with similar qualities, without using like/as i.e. Life is a highway

 4. Personification: giving a non- human thing a human quality i.e. The tree danced in the wind.  5. Alliteration: repetition of an initial consonant sound i.e. She sells seashells at the seashore

6. imagery- language that evokes one or all of the five senses: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching EX) The hot July sun beat relentlessly down, casting an orange glare over the farm buildings, the fields, the pond. 7. hyperbole- exaggeration EX) Class was a million hours long.