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| refers to the creation and development of characters, the people who carry on the action in a literary work |
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| the character(s) who is/are against the main character |
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| the main character in the story |
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| the problem in the story. Two forces or ideas characters (man v. man, man v. himself, man v. nature) |
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| the turning point of the action of the plot; the point where the reader has the greatest emotional reaction |
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| conversation between characters signified by quotation marks |
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| showing events that happened at an earlier time during a current acene |
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| hint or clue of events to happen |
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| the opposite of what is expected |
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| a comparison between things that does not use like or as |
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| giving human qualities to non-humans |
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| the sequence of events in a story |
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| the vantage point from which the story is told |
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| the repeating of words for added emphasis or effect |
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| how things work out in a story |
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| writing that uses humor, irony, or wit to make fun of something |
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| the time and place in which the events occur in a literary work |
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| a comparison that does use like or as |
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| something that stands for something else |
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| the central idea in a literary work; the main point the author wants to convey to the reader |
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| the attitude or viewpoint that an author shows toward his/her subject |
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