chandler literary terms
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subjective description
writing with emotion, persuade
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objective description
writing without emotion, avoid bias
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dominant impression
the single mood, atmosphere, or quality a writer emphasizes in a piece of descriptive writing, controlling idea
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diction
word choice
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denotation
the dictionary definition of a word
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connotation
the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests
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tone
writers attitude toward speaker, narrator, author, character, subject, audience, or character (snacsac)
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exposition
introduction of the characters and basic situation
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setting
the time and place
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conflict
the problems
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external conflict
man vs. man, man vs technology man vs. nature, man vs. society
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internal conflict
man vs. self
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rising action
conflict increases, events leading to climax
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climax
exacerbated primary conflict and turning point
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falling action
conflict decreases, events leading to conclusion
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resolution, denouement
outcome of the conflict
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foreshadowing
details that hint a future event
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flashback
recalls something that happened in the past
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flash foward
jumps ahead of the story to show whats to come
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in medias res
story begins in the middle of things
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point of view
the perspective from which a story is told
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first person
'i, 'me'
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first person innocent eye
narrator is innocent
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second person
'you'
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third person
'he', 'she', 'it'
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third person limited
the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one or few characters
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third person omniscient
the narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work
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third person objective
the narrator is not a character in the story and reports only what can be seen and heard, unbiased
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protagonist
main character
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antagonist
character against the protagonist
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flat character
character who has few characteristics, does not change or progress
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static character
character that does not change the whole story
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stock character
stereotypical character
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round character
character who demonstrates some complexity and who develops or changes in the course of a work
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dynamic character
character who goes through tremendous growth and change
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foil character
a character who highlights another character by contrast
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major character
character with a significant role in the action of the story
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minor character
character with insignificant role
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direct characterization
explicit descriptions from the author
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indirect characterization
the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance, etc.
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dialogue
conversation between two or more people
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mood
feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader
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symbolism
the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
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conventional symbol
something that is recognized by many people to represent certain ideas
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literary symbol
an object that carries symbolic meaning only within the context of a particular literary work