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| The sequence of events in a literary work |
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| People, animals, things, or natural forces presented as persons; appearing in short story, novel, play or narrative poem |
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| The vantage point from which a narrative is told |
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| The main idea or basic meaning of a literary work |
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| The time and place of action in a narrative |
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| The quality of a literary work that makes the reader or audience uncertain or tense about the outcome of the events |
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| When the author suggests that might happen later in the narrative |
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| A struggle between two opposing forces or characters |
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| Man v. Nature or Man v. Man |
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| The presentation of background information |
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| Rising Action/Complication |
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| Events that lead up to the turning point |
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| Climax/Turning Point/Crisis |
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| The point of great emotional intensity or suspense |
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| Usually has a professional detective to solve a porblem |
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| Either a mystery or a murder |
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| Exists to expand our awareness and understanding of life |
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| A contrast or incongruity between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually happened |
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| When what happens in a particular situation is the opposite of what is expected |
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| When a reader or audience knows something that a character in the story does not know |
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| When a writer or speaker says one things and means something entirely different |
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| Narrative prose fiction that is shorter than a novel |
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| The attitude a writer takes toward his/her subjects, characters, and readers |
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| A character that stays the same throughout the whole narrative |
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| A character that is more complex and has many traits |
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| A character that has one or two "sides" representing one or two traits |
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| A character that expierences some changes in personality or attitude |
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| The emotion or association that a word or phrase may arouse |
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| Direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression |
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| Comparing two objects using "like" or "as" |
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| Comparing two objects without using "like" or "as" |
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| Incidents, quotes, inferences from the story that support judgments |
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| Areas of proposed discussion in the paper |
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| A conversation between characters |
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| A revealing scene or moment |
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| A word or phrase that makes comparsions |
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| (POV) Author becomes an observer, heavy on dialogue, only observe actions |
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| (POV) "all-knowing", told by author in 3rd person, knowledge of characters is unlimited |
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| (POV) Told in 1st person, not be able to believe what the characters tell us |
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| (POV) Told by author in 3rd person, but from the viewpoint of the character |
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| Based on or influence by personal feelings, opinions, or tastes |
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| A person you tells the novel |
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| The place where a dramatic performance is performed |
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| An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, esp. by a character in a play |
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| A scene earlier than the main story |
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| When the writer tell the readers what the characters looks like |
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| Indirect Characterization |
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| When the author allows the reader to imagine the characters |
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| Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand |
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| Writing that is not realistic |
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| The theme must be thought out |
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| The theme is easy to find in stories |
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| A composition in which the writer makes a judgement with specific references to the work that proves he judgement |
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| Literal and figurative language is a distinction in traditional systems for analyzing language |
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| A statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved |
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| anything that has a meaning with it's self |
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| A long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program |
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| Exists for our pleasure, to entertain us by taking us away from everyday life and reality |
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| Transitions a word with the sentence |
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| A particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group |
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| The quality of being universal; existing everywhere |
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| The state of being anonymous |
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| Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work |
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| A temporary state of mind or feeling |
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