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    This document defines key literary elements used to characterize stories, including characters (protagonist, antagonist, confidante, foil), setting (place, time, social conditions, atmosphere), and plot structure (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution). It identifies different types of characters like flat, dynamic, and round characters and explains that settings provide details about the geographical location, historical period, and social circumstances of the story. The plot section outlines the typical progression of a story from exposition through rising action, climax, and resolution.

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    This document defines key literary elements used to characterize stories, including characters (protagonist, antagonist, confidante, foil), setting (place, time, social conditions, atmosphere), and plot structure (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution). It identifies different types of characters like flat, dynamic, and round characters and explains that settings provide details about the geographical location, historical period, and social circumstances of the story. The plot section outlines the typical progression of a story from exposition through rising action, climax, and resolution.

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    This document defines key literary elements used to characterize stories, including characters (protagonist, antagonist, confidante, foil), setting (place, time, social conditions, atmosphere), and plot structure (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution). It identifies different types of characters like flat, dynamic, and round characters and explains that settings provide details about the geographical location, historical period, and social circumstances of the story. The plot section outlines the typical progression of a story from exposition through rising action, climax, and resolution.

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    CHARACTERIZATION, PLOT, and SETTING

    CHARACTER – representations of human beings in a


    story
    antagonist – main character of the story
    protagonist – the character who is usually against
    the main character
    confidante – someone whom a central character
    confides
    foil – a character used to enhance another
    character
    flat – a character who shows only one or a few
    traits which do not change
    dynamic – a character that change through the
    course of the story
    round – a well-developed character who shows
    varied traits
    SETTING – the time and place where the story takes
    place
    place – geographical location
    time – historical period, time, or year
    social condition – existing circumstance, situation, or
    state of the society the characters belong to
    atmosphere – aura of mood that surrounds the story
    PLOT – the way the actions are arranged in the story.
    exposition – introduces the characters, the setting, etc.
    rising action – marks the onset of the conflict
    o man vs. man
    o man vs. self
    o man vs. nature
    climax – the highest point of the story
    falling action – everything that happens because of the
    climax.
    resolution – completes or ends the story.

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