Picture Dictionary

							 Literary Terms
Picture Dictionary
   By: Brooke and Dorika



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

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   EXPOSITION- tells        ANTAGONIST- the
    what had happened         character in a story
    to lead up to where       that would seem to be
    the story is. Also        the ”bad guy”.
    showing the bonds
    between characters.




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   PROTAGONIST- the      PLOT- what happens
    hero.                  in the story.




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   SETTING- where the      CLIMAX- the turning
    story takes place.       point of a story.




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   CONFLICT- 1)               METAPHOR-
    internal- problems          compares two
    with yourself.2)            different things using
    external- problems          “like” or “as”.
    with everything else.




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   SIMILE- using like or      PERSONIFICATION-
    as to compare two           gives non-human
    things.                     things human-like
                                characteristics.




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   FLASHBACK- going      FORESHADOWING-
    back in time.          hints to what is going
                           to happen in a story.




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   THEME- the main       RESOLUTION- the
    idea of a story.       answer to the
                           problem.




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   DIALOGUE- the            SYMBOL- something
    conversations             standing for
    between characters.       something else and
                              meaning more.




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   RISING ACTION- the  FLAT CHARACTER-
    events that lead to the only getting to see
    climax.                 one side of the
                            character.




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   ROUND                 TONE- the way the
    CHARACTER-             author feels about
    showing good/bad       character in a story.
    traits.




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   FIRST PERSON-                 THIRD PERSON-
    using I to tell a story.       using We or Us to tell
                                   a story.




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 POINT  OF VIEW- how the story is being
 told and who is telling it




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