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| Time and Place of the Stories Action (when/where) |
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| Anxious curiosity about what will happen next. |
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| Represents itself and something else (American Flag) |
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| Central Idea of the Story (ex. Life is not fair. Friendships are complex. War is hell. |
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| Dropping of hints or clues. |
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| Any literature written in PARAGRAPH FORM. |
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| What is SAID is NOT what is meant. |
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| What you EXPECT is not what happens. |
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| An UNUSUAL COMPARISON ... ex. My life is a winding staircase... |
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| An UNUSUAL COMPARISON using LIKE, AS, THAN, or RESEMBLES... |
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| Reason for doing something. |
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| Perspective from which the story is told. |
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| The word - I - is outside the quotation marks. ex. 'I'm sorry!' I said to them. |
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| Villain of the plot. Stops action from moving forward. |
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| Hero of the plot. Keeps the action moving forward. |
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| Struggle between opposing forces. |
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| Man versus Man; Man versus Nature |
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| Character that NEVER change, grow or evolve. |
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| Characters that CHANGE. GROW. LEARN!!!! |
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| The author tells the reader what to think. |
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| Indirect Characterization: |
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| Through words/actions/lack of action, the author implies what the reader should think. |
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| Words with similar meanings. ex. A LOT/ many; variety; plethora; legion; bunch; much; |
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| Words with opposite meanings. ex. optimistic/ pessimistic; antagonist/protagonist; happy/sad; |
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| Choice with 2 equal alternative. |
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| Repetition of the consonant sound. |
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| short piece of narrative fiction |
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| conversation between two or more characters |
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| reference to another literary work, person, or event |
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