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| a character who because of their qualities, emphasizes by contrast the qualities of another character. |
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| when you say something but mean something else. |
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| when the opposite of the expected occurs |
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| when the audience or reader knows more than the characters |
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| the main character (often noble character). |
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| the opposing force (looked upon as bad, typically.) |
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| the background info. in the beginning of the story |
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| characteristic in the protagonist of the tragedy that ultimately leads to their destruction. |
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| time and place in which action occurs |
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| underlying idea or the author's insight |
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| use of words and phrases that appeal to the senses |
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| a writer begins the story with an important event rather than the first incident. |
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| Reason which causes the character to act as she does. |
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| highest point of interest or emotion |
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how the reader or author feels
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| 1st incident that creates conflict of forces or wills and therefore starts the plot on its way. |
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| attitude of the author or piece. synonymous with attitude. |
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| process in a story of giving the reader a hint about a coming event. |
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| element in a tragedy that provides the stimulus for the downfall of the hero. |
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| a term applied to writing when it appeals to all ages. |
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| a group of relating incidents forming a definite part of denouement is set. |
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| part of the story in which the conflict is resolved and the stage for the denouement is set. |
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| the POV in which the narrator is the eye. |
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| 3rd person omniscient POV |
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| The POV in which the author chooses a narrator. |
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| the POV in which the author tells the story with focus on one character. |
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| a figure in which a concrete object is used to represent an abstract idea. |
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| particular manner of expression of a writer that distinguishes him from other writers |
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| action which occurred before the story began and is important to the plot to be included in the exposition. |
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