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| a person or animal who takes part in the action of a story, play or other literary work |
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| the events taking place after the climax |
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| the time and place in which the events of a work of literature take place |
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| the series fo related events that make up a story |
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| The idea about life revealed in a work of literature |
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| The introduction to the characters, background, and setting |
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| A struggle or clash between opposing charaters or opposing forces |
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| The action, or events building suspense toward the climax |
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| the storys most emotion or suspenseful moment. The point where the conflict is decided one way or another |
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| the last part of a story, when the characters problems are solved and the story ends |
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| the process of revealing the personality of a character in a story |
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| the main character in the story - the good guy. |
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| The force that is against the protagonist |
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| one who does not change much in the course of a work |
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| one that changes as a result of the story's events |
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| several details are given, so as to have a three dimensional view of the character |
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| a person, place, a thing, or an event that has its own meaning and stands for somethign beyond itself as well |
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| The use of the images or symbols to convey figuarative meaning |
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| The use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot |
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| Language that appeals to the senses |
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| The attitude that a write takes toward the audiance, a subject, or a character |
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| how the individuality of the author expresses his or her ideas through diction, sentence structure, and variety |
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| the framework of a piece of literature (simple or complex) |
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| The vantage point from which the story is told |
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| a contrast between expectation an reality |
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