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  1. 4. Criticism- Motivation and intentions that are consciously and subconsciously at play. Oedipus complex (love mom, hate dad), Electra complex (hate mom, love dad), self-defeating personality disorder (self-sabotage), parapraxia (freudian slip), Munchausen (create fake illness in others for attention), no accidents (projection of subconcious desires), displacement (redirection of emotion from one source to another), napoleon complex (inferiority complex feel inadequate in an area and inferior in another), martyr complex (someone goes in situations that are bad for attention), self-fulfilling prophecy (power of positive thinking “placebo effect”).
  2. 8. Background info, establishment of setting, setting mood, introduces character.
  3. 9. Author or speaker’s attitude towards or treatment of a subject.
  4. 13. A helper.
  5. 14. When the story moved back to an earlier time in the story’s timeline.
  6. 16. Ending- The narrative offers a complete denouement.
  7. 18. Criticism- Sees the act of reading and writing as political. Hierarchy, power symbols and motifs, and oppression symbols.
  8. 20. The tension or aggravation experienced between characters and their surroundings is known as conflict.
  9. 25. Unchanged.
  10. 29. The second most important character, after the protagonist.
  11. 31. Conflict- Character vs. Self
  12. 32. The plan of action in a story.
  13. 33. A character can be any person, or a figure, an inanimate object, or an animal represented within a literary work.
  14. 35. A character who undergoes significant development or change during the story.
  15. 38. Historical Criticism- Significance of historical info in interpreting literature.
  16. 39. The character, force, or collection of forces in fiction or drama that opposes the protagonist and gives rise to the conflict of the story.
  17. 40. The main character in a work.
  18. 44. The story’s progress following the passage of time.
  19. 45. Incident- Introduces the conflict or incites the main problem.
  20. 46. Person POV- They, he, she, him, her, them. Not a character in the story. Third-person omniscient- narrator’s knowledge is not limited; he or she knows the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters within the narrative. Third-person limited- narrator’s knowledge is limited to one or two characters only. Third-person objective- relies on external action and dialogue only in the creation of the story– no inner thoughts unless opened up by a character through dialogue. Subjective narrative describing one or more characters’ feelings and thoughts. Objective narration does not describe the feelings or thoughts of any characters.
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  1. 1. A protagonist who has the opposite of most of the traditional attributes of a hero.
  2. 2. A commonly recognizable character– one who repeatedly appears in fiction.
  3. 3. Action- A series of events, which often further complicate the problem or add to the story’s tension, and/or suspense.
  4. 5. Criticism- Different religions, ethnicities, cultures, class identifications, political beliefs, and views affect how texts are created and interpreted.
  5. 6. Comments upon the story’s action or characters.
  6. 7. Dictionary definition.
  7. 10. Ending- The narrative does not offer a denouement.
  8. 11. Action- A series of events leading towards the conclusion, or the consequences of the character's decision.
  9. 12. Person POV- I, we. Character in the story. 1. Subjective narrative- tries to persuade the reader to share his/her opinions. 2. Detached autobiography- reflecting on past self. 3. Observer narrative- narrator is an observer rather than the main participant.
  10. 15. Settings- The setting is generalized and universal.
  11. 17. Characterization- Stated directly by the author.
  12. 19. Development contains contradictions and complexity.
  13. 21. denouement- Outcome of the main dramatic complication of the story.
  14. 22. Settings- When an action, character, or theme is influenced by the time and place.
  15. 23. Conflict- 6 ways
  16. 24. Where and when the story takes place.
  17. 26. The emotional or associational meaning of a word.
  18. 27. The literary element that describes the way in which characters live and behave.
  19. 28. A character whose behaviour and values contrast with those of another character.
  20. 30. A fictional character who is relatively similar.
  21. 34. The philosophical statement about life, humanity, and human nature that the author is trying to convey.
  22. 36. Criticism- Elements of form. Style, structure, tone, imagery, etc.
  23. 37. The emotional environment within a piece of literature.
  24. 41. Person POV- You. The reader is a character in the story, displacing the action of the story, and creates a fictional identity for the reader.
  25. 42. Characterization- Physical description, dialogue, the character’s inner thoughts, the reactions to other characters, the reactions from other characters, symbolism, mood, motif, charactonym.
  26. 43. The highest point of tension in a story, resulting from a significant decision or turning point.