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| Where and when the plot takes place. |
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| Person living in a story. |
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| Main problem in a story that creates suspense. |
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| A technique writers use to create a specific effect. |
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| Chain of related events that make up a story. |
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| A conflict within the main character's head. |
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| A conflict that is outside of the main character's head. |
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| The turning point and the tension is highest. |
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| The part where the story begins. |
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Builds up to the conflict.
(Can be more then one event) |
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The end and the conflict is resolved.
(Not always a solution) |
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Detailed characters.
(Usually main character) |
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Characters that change by end of the story.
(Usually main character) |
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None detailed characters.
(Often stereotypical usually mirror characters) |
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Characters that doesn't change by the end of the story.
(Personalities stay the same) |
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| Central character or hero. |
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Conflict with main character.
(villain or bad guy) |
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| Character vs. character conflict |
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| When a character has a conflict with another character. |
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| Character vs. nature conflict |
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| When a character has a conflict with nature. |
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| Character vs. self conflict |
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| When a character has a conflict with self. |
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| Character vs. society conflict |
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| When a character has a conflict with society. |
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| Makes you uncertion about the outcome. |
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| Withholding info from readers. |
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| Giving hints or clues about the outcome. |
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| when a main character has to make a dangerous decision or specific decision. |
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| Sudden change in a characters situation good or bad. |
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| Standpoint from which a story is told. |
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| First Person Point of View |
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| When the narrator tells the story in the "I" point of view. |
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| Second Person Point of View |
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| When the narrator tells the story to someone, using the word "you". |
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| Third Person Limited Point of View |
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| Single character's standpoint but the character is reffed to in the third person, as "he" or "she". |
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| Third Person Omniscient Point of View |
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| Narrator outside the story and knows everything. |
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| Person telling the story. |
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| Is made immediately evident. |
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| Is the general feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader. |
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| The use of words to convey a meaning. |
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| Opposite of what is expected. |
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What is said is the opposite of what is meant.
(Not always sarcasm) |
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| The audience knows something the characters didn't. |
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| General idea or insight about life that you can learn from a work of literature. |
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