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Plot   Literary Devices Characterization
Exposition The reader's introduction to the setting, characters, and often the inciting incident. Theme A statement communicated through story about the human experience. Indirect information revealed about a character and his personality through his/her thoughts, words, actions, and how other characters respond to that him/her, including what they think and say about him/her.
Conflict The dilema or tension experienced by the protagonist (focus of the story) and the antagonist (the person or concept providing the source of conflict). Flashback   Direct what the author directly says about a character's personality and tells what the character is like.
Rising Action Events that take place leading toward the climax of the story. Metaphor Simile Static a character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end.
Climax The point at which something significant changes for the characters that suggest a possible solution. Hyperbole an exaggeration made for a desired effect in story Dynamic a character that changes from the beginning of the story to the end.
Denumont (the unraveling) The unraveling of loose ends. Foreshadowing   Flat two dimensional; simple character.
Resolution Solution to the protagonist's conflict.     Round (3D) multidimensional; complex character.
    Symbol   Dialect the way a character or person speaks that is distinctive from other geographical areas.  Example, southern drawl.
           
Miscellaneous        
Connotation implied or insinuated meaning of a word