![]() ![]() Struggles that build a text toward a climax Climax: the high point of conflict and tension Work is set Inciting Incident/Moment: Events thatįorward Rising Action: the series of conflicts or ![]() Plot Line: the graphic display of the action orÄ®vents in a text - Exposition: that portion (usually at theÄ«eginning) that helps the reader understand Present action of the plot to "flash backward"Īnd tell what happened at an earlier timeĤ. What is going to happen later in the plot Flashback: a scene that interrupts the In the plot which keeps the reader's interest Foreshadowing: the use of clues to hint at Key elements of plot include: Suspense: the quality of tension or anxiety Plot: the action or sequence of events in a story. Thoroughly unlikable human being." Indirectly -Ä£. This can be done in the following ways: Directly: when the narrator reveals his/her Writer reveals the personalities of the people of Characterization: the process by which the Antihero: a central sympathetic characterÄ¢. Nature is immediately familiar Foil: a character who sets off another byĬontrast Doppelganger: A literary technique by whichĪ character is duplicated (usually in the formÄistinct, usually opposite personalities. Personality trait, so typical that his or her In life Stereotyped character: a character with one Two distinguishing traits Round character: a fully developedĬharacter, one whom readers feel might exist Undergoes a change in personality or attitude Flat character: a character who is not fullyÄeveloped but sketched out through one or Same throughout a work Dynamic character: a character who That opposes the protagonist Static character: a character who stays the Sympathize Antagonist: a person or force (the enemy) Character Types Protagonist: the central character in the Main Question: What is the universal meaning of the text expressed through form and technique? VIRTUALLY ALL CRITICISM MUST BEGIN HERE!Īn approach to analyzing texts that emphasizes a < close readingâ of its form or structure.Ä¡. ![]() O Formalists divorce the text from biographical, historical/political, and/or moral/philosophical form is meaning= (Cleanth Brooks) Main Idea: The text just IS, and what IS gives rise to meaning. O
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