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| The order of in which the events happen and are arraged or catigorized. |
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| Begining, background information |
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| Most intense scene, sometimes the huge main breakthrough. |
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| Less action, conflicts clearing up. |
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| Resolution/solution/denoument |
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| The end of the story and the action. The ending can be open-ended or close-ended. |
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| Not all questions are answered, some future information is left out. |
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| Everything is ended and told about, no secrets remain. |
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| What the story is about including the main events of the story. |
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| The goal of writing the piece, or why the story was written (to inform, persuade, or entertain) |
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| The main idea of the story, wordly truth. |
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| In a certain time in the future (the present) remembering an event in the past. |
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| Basic comparisions using like or as. |
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| Deeper comparisions, without utilizing like or as. |
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| The main struggle or fight in the story. The conflict can be internal or external. |
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| The character fights with his or hers own mind and emotions. |
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| The character is opposed to some other person, or in some cases, force. (Man vs man, man vs society, man vs nature) |
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| Two people against each other. |
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| The protagonist fights against a whole larger group of people who have near total control. |
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| The protagonist fights against a large, dangerous type of weather. |
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| The people, things, or animals who are the cast in the story. |
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| The main charcter which the reader knows the most about or "follows" in the story. Not always good, just a common misunderstanding. |
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| The main opposition to the Protagonist. |
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| Character with many personality traits. Very clear personality. |
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| Bland, sterotypical character. Very little traits. |
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| Character who is effected by events and changes by the end of the story (Mentally and/or physically). |
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| Character who stays the same. |
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| A character in the story who is the complete opposite of another character in the story(Physically and/or personallity wise). |
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| A character who dies because of incorrect judgement or choices. |
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| Represents an idea, quality, or concept. Generally a color. |
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| An odd contrast between two things. (Dramatic, Situational, Verbal) |
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| When the reader knows something the character doesn't. |
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| When the opposite of what was going to happen happens. |
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| When someone says one thing but means another. |
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| Really detailed description of something, usually setting. A reference to the five senses. |
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| Like Imagery, except it is more in depth. |
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| Hints of what will happen later in the story. |
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| The dictionary definition. |
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| The tone or "aura" a word or phrase gives off. |
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| A figure of speech which refers to something from another work. |
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| Mokery, not parodies or easy to spot. |
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| Where and when the story takes place, including financial type, minute locations,time periods, etc. |
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| The overall feeling in the entire story. |
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| The feeling the author creates at a specific time. |
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| Conveys the author's emotion and attitude. |
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The perspective of who tells the story.
(First, second, third limited, third omniscent, objective, corporate) |
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| One one character telling the story, not to anyone in specific. |
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| Story told using you, which places you into the story. |
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| The narrarator knows all and tells every character's emontions. |
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| Only one chosen character's feelings are told. |
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| Told without thoughts or feelings. |
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| Group of people telling the story. |
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| The person or charater telling the story. Can be reliable or unreliable. |
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| The narrarator can be trusted and is telling the true facts. |
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| The narrarator is a shady charcter who can't be trusted. |
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