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| a story which is at least partly made up |
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| person who wrote the story |
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| voice who tells the story |
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| angle from which the story is told |
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| narrator who can only tell what can be seen or heard |
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| narrator who is in the story |
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| narrator who is not in the story |
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| reader's response/feelings after reading the story |
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| author's attitude/emotions that come through the story |
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| events as they happen in the story |
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| the beginning of the plot line; introduces setting and characters; the explanation part of the story |
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| where and when the story takes place |
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| opponent of the main character |
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| characters who don't change |
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| the major problem in the story |
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| character versus himself/herself |
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| problem between the charcter and an outside force |
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| portion of the story with more conflicts and suspense |
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| a growing feeling of excitement or anxiety that makes a reader curious |
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| moment of greatest tension; turning point in the story |
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| wrapping up the loose ends in a story; the outcome of the conflict; the last part of the plot line |
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| clues the author gives about what is going to happen later |
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| jumping back in time in the story through a memory |
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| the way characters talk because of where and when they're from |
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| the contrast between what is expected and what really happens |
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| sarcasm; saying the opposite of what you mean |
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| a happening that is the opposite of what you'd expect to happen |
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| when the audience knows something that the character does not |
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| lesson or mesage the author sends in the story |
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| images with several possible meanings or interpretations |
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| proverb or traditional saying |
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| reference to, or mention or, something |
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| repetition of beginning consonant sounds |
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| repetition of vowel sounds inside words |
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| use of sensory words to describe |
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| conclusion based on a premise/facts; a deduction |
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| comparison of two unlike things, e.g., "He's a pig." |
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| comparison using "like," "as," or "than," e.g., "He's as messy as a pig." |
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| giving human personality traits to non-humans |
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| a contradictory statement which may be true |
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| a word that is used to stand for something associated with it |
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