chandler literary terms

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subjective description

writing with emotion, persuade

objective description

writing without emotion, avoid bias

dominant impression

the single mood, atmosphere, or quality a writer emphasizes in a piece of descriptive writing, controlling idea

diction

word choice

denotation

the dictionary definition of a word

connotation

the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests

tone

writers attitude toward speaker, narrator, author, character, subject, audience, or character (snacsac)

exposition

introduction of the characters and basic situation

setting

the time and place

conflict

the problems

external conflict

man vs. man, man vs technology man vs. nature, man vs. society

internal conflict

man vs. self

rising action

conflict increases, events leading to climax

climax

exacerbated primary conflict and turning point

falling action

conflict decreases, events leading to conclusion

resolution, denouement

outcome of the conflict

foreshadowing

details that hint a future event

flashback

recalls something that happened in the past

flash foward

jumps ahead of the story to show whats to come

in medias res

story begins in the middle of things

point of view

the perspective from which a story is told

first person

'i, 'me'

first person innocent eye

narrator is innocent

second person

'you'

third person

'he', 'she', 'it'

third person limited

the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one or few characters

third person omniscient

the narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work

third person objective

the narrator is not a character in the story and reports only what can be seen and heard, unbiased

protagonist

main character

antagonist

character against the protagonist

flat character

character who has few characteristics, does not change or progress

static character

character that does not change the whole story

stock character

stereotypical character

round character

character who demonstrates some complexity and who develops or changes in the course of a work

dynamic character

character who goes through tremendous growth and change

foil character

a character who highlights another character by contrast

major character

character with a significant role in the action of the story

minor character

character with insignificant role

direct characterization

explicit descriptions from the author

indirect characterization

the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance, etc.

dialogue

conversation between two or more people

mood

feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

symbolism

the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

conventional symbol

something that is recognized by many people to represent certain ideas

literary symbol

an object that carries symbolic meaning only within the context of a particular literary work