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| setting(time and place),beginning characters and beginning situation |
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| detail that gets the story moving in the direction its going to take |
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| Plot details leading to the climax |
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| when the main character comes face to face with the central conflict and either resolves it succsessfully or or not |
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| Plot details from climax to the resolution |
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| the conclusion of the story where loose ends are wrapped up |
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| Central message of the story |
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| character or force opposite to the protagonist |
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| when two people or groups disagree, and the disagreement causes friction. |
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| Hints or clues about something that is going to happen later in the story |
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| comparison between two thing that use like or as |
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| direct comparison that dosen't use like or as |
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| gives something non human, human characteristics |
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| the time, place, and circumstances in which something occurs or develops |
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| a combination of contradictory or incongruous words |
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| a character who is presented as a contrast to a second character so as to point to some aspect of the second character |
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| a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings. |
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| a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play |
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| a long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program. |
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| an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play. |
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| recurring pattern, image, word, phrase |
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| when the audience or reader knows something the characters dont know |
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| occurs when the literal meaning of what someone says is different from or opposite of what they actually meant |
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| when the opposite of what is expected actually happens |
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| the overall feeling or atomosphere that the reader feels |
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| reflects the writers attitude toward the subject matter in a literary work |
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