Look for the meaning of the following words.

1. Foil character

- Foil characters have the same background as the main character or the
protagonist but have chosen a different path.

2. Hamartia

- Fatal flaw of the hero in the story.

3. Heteroglossia

- The idea that differences of language, voices, and discourse can exist within a
single cohesive text in a literature such as a novel.

4. Hubris

- A character that exhibits an overconfident and prideful personality.

5. Local color

- Emphasizes a certain region through characters, dialects, history, and

background.

6. Magic realism

- A genre of fiction where fantasy and magic are depicted in the everyday lives of
the characters.

7. Novel

- A form of literature about human experiences that tells a story of a character in a

narrative prose manner.

8. Periphery

- An area of secondary status or lesser importance.

9. Realism

- A genre of literature that portrays the reality of people based on their everyday
lives.
10. Round character

- A character in a literature that changes. They are most likely to be appealing to

audiences due to their character development.

11. Social realism

- Represents the daily lives of poor people in the society who struggle, work and
have a poor life.

12. Sublime

- Points out the emotions, experiences, obscurity, and transcendence through the
use of language in literature.

13. Verisimilitude

- The semblance of truth that is used to describe stories.

14. Naturalism

- A genre of literature that employs scientific principles of objectivity and

emphasizes a realistic world where people have no power. It shows life is the
working out of external and internal forces beyond human control such as natural
disasters, murder, and aging.

15. Narrative

- A form of writing that shows the clear sequence of events in a story in a way that
the readers can understand well.

16. Anagnorisis

- The moment where a character recognizes the truth about his/her identity. The
protagonist usually gets the revelation from an untold truth or insights about
him/her.

17. Center

- It is what keeps readers interested to continue reading literature. The center is

where the story focuses that gives emotional attachment to the readers.

18. Internal qualities

- Refers to the characteristic of a character inside him/her that is invisible to the

naked eye. Take for instance the character’s feelings, emotions, and thoughts.
19.External qualities

- Refers to the physical appearances of a character such as their height, skin

color, dress, and etc.

20. Contexts

- Information that helps readers accurately interpret the meaning of a text. It is the
events and ideas within the literature.