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| fiction, one major setting, few characters, one plot, takes place in a short period of time |
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| fiction, several major settings, many characters, several plots and subplots, takes place over a long period of time |
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| - when and where the story takes place |
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| chain of events that tells what happens in a story. |
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| beginning where we meet the characters and establish the setting |
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| Complications / Rising Action |
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| the problem and all the action related to the problem |
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| the high point or most dramatic moment in the plot, can be the turning point of the story |
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| where the problem is solved or dealt with |
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| the problem or struggle in the story |
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| ways an author develops characters |
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| characters that stay the same |
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| characters that undergo a change |
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| the main character; the "hero" of the story |
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| the person or force the protagonist is struggling against |
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| from whose perspective the story is being told |
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| The narrator is a character (usually main) telling the story from the "I" perspective. |
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| the narrator is outside the story (not a character) and has limited knowledge of the characters (does not know thoughts and feelings of most of the character, may know thoughts and feelings of one). |
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| The narrator is outside the story and is "all-knowing" about the characters (does know thoughts and feelings). |
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