Creative Writing Terms 1

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  1. 5. point of view when an outside narrator or person who can enter the minds of all the characters and reveal their thoughts and feelings
  2. 6. Any of the persons involved in a story or play. The distinguishing moral qualities and personal traits of a character.
  3. 8. a prose narrative that is shorter than a novel and that usually describes one event or a tightly constructed series of events
  4. 9. is the series of events that begin with a problem or conflict, build to a climax, and lead to a resolution
  5. 12. the methods an author uses to acquaint the reader with his or her character
  6. 13. details and incidents that clarify or intensify the conflict, or that works towards its resolution
  7. 14. the main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work
  8. 15. a character in a story who opposes the leading character
  9. 16. is the struggle between two opposing forces
  10. 19. point of view when a character in the story who can reveal only his thoughts and feelings
  11. 20. a character whose character is complex and many-sided
  12. 23. includes the resolving of the conflict and any events following it
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  1. 1. a stereotyped character: one whose nature is familiar to us from prototypes in previous literature(dumb blonde, nerd/geek, jock)
  2. 2. point of view when an outside narrator who enters the mind of one character recording only this character’s thoughts and feelings
  3. 3. a character who is the same sort of person at the end of a work as at the beginning
  4. 4. a minor character whose situation or actions parallel to those of a major character, and thus by contrast sets off or illuminates the major character; most often the contrast is complimentary to the major character
  5. 7. a conventional character, plot, or setting that possesses little or no individuality
  6. 9. the leading character in a literary work
  7. 10. point of view when an outside narrator that does not relate any thoughts or feelings of characters, only facts
  8. 11. a character whose character is summed up in one or two traits
  9. 17. the time and place in which the action of the narrative takes place
  10. 18. a character who during the course of the work undergoes a permanent change in some aspect of character or outlook
  11. 21. the turning point in story or play when central problem or conflict is most intense
  12. 22. follows climax in which complications are resolved or settled