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Literary Terms Set I. “The Most Dangerous Game” – Theme, Diction, Character, Plot, and Irony. Theme. The moral or message of a story. DICTION TERMS. Denotation : The dictionary or literal meaning of a word. DICTION TERMS. Connotation : The meaning derived from a word’s context.
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Literary Terms Set I “The Most Dangerous Game” – Theme, Diction, Character, Plot, and Irony
Theme • The moral or message of a story.
DICTION TERMS • Denotation: The dictionary or literal meaning of a word.
DICTION TERMS • Connotation:The meaning derived from a word’s context. • Connotative meanings can be positive, negative, or neutral. • To remember, think: Das in Denotation stands for DICTIONARY definition. C as in Connotation stands for the definition derived from the word’s CONTEXT in the passage.
CHARACTER TERMs • CHARACTERS: The people/actors in a story.
CHARACTER TERMs • PROTAGONIST: The main character of the story, around whom the plot revolves. • Note: The protagonist is not always the “good guy”
CHARACTER TERMs • ANTAGONIST: The person, place, or thing in conflict with the protagonist.
POINT-OF-VIEW • Perspective from which a narrative is told.
POINT-OF-VIEW TERMS • FIRST-PERSON POINT-OF-VIEW: Told by one of the characters in the story; uses the pronoun “I”
POINT-OF-VIEW TERMS • THIRD-PERSON LIMITED POINT-OF-VIEW: The narrator, who is not a character in the story, tells the reader the thoughts of just one character at a time. • THIRD-PERSON OMNISCIENT POINT-OF-VIEW: The narrator is able to look into the hearts and minds of all characters at all times.
PLOT • The series of events that present and resolve a conflict.
Plot Development Terms • EXPOSITION: The background information that introduces characters, setting, and situation
Plot Development Terms • INCITING MOMENT: An event that occurs which initiates the main action and begins the primary conflict in the story
Plot Development Terms • RISING ACTION: Presents complications that intensify the primary conflict
Plot Development Terms • CLIMAX: High point of greatest intensity/interest; turning point in the story.
Plot Development Terms • FALLING ACTION: Events following the climax but before the main problem is resolved. SPOILER ALERT
Plot Development Terms • RESOLUTION: Moment when the primary conflict created by the inciting moment is resolved
Plot Development Terms • DENOUEMENT: The “where are they now.” The author ties up any loose ends and answers any remaining questions.
Plot Development Terms • FORESHADOWING: The use of hints to give the reader insight about coming events. HINT!
Plot Development Terms • SUSPENSE: Excitement or tension created as readers wait to find out how a story ends
CONFLICT TERMS • CONFLICT: The struggle (internal or external) between two opposing forces.
CONFLICT TERMS • EXTERNAL CONFLICT: Clash between a character and an outside force – with another person, object, or entity. • Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society, etc.
CONFLICT TERMS • INTERNAL CONFLICT: A struggle within a character’s mind. • Man vs. Self
IRONYTERMS • SITUATIONAL IRONY: Occurs when the reader expects one thing, but the opposite occurs – the unexpected. A discrepancy between the expected result and the actual result