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| the plan of action in a story or what happens in the beginning, middle and end. |
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| is a struggle which grows from the interplay of 2 opposing forcing |
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central thought or authors purpose
ex. selfishness, forgiveness, love |
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| time, place, atmosphere or spiritual backround |
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| the physical location f the narrator or what in which the reader is presented with actions of the story |
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| the narrator is a character in the story |
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| the narrator is outside the story but knows and sees all (even thoughts of characters) |
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| Third Person-Objective/Limiting |
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| the narrator is outside the story but does not know and see all |
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| a reproduction of a characters thinking process |
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| a daily account of the character actions |
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| a phrase, statement or situation that may be understood in more then one way |
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| the style, choice of words and sentence structure in a work of literature |
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| use of language in writing to appeal to the senses-to draw a picture in your mind |
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a comparison of 2 unlike objects
ex. she is a jewel |
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a comparison using like or as
ex. he is like a caged beast |
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| giving human qualities to something not human |
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| an object that represents more than its concrete meaning |
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| the attitude or mood of a work of literature towards its subject |
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| conversation between characters |
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| the contrast between what seems to be and what actually is |
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| dictionary definition of a word |
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| implied or understood definition of a word |
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| a fictional person in the action of a narrative |
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| story in which characters and action represent an idea or truth about life |
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| reference to a well known person, place, thing or event the writer assumes the reader will be familiar with |
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| comparison of similar objects, suggest that since they are alike in some ways they will probably be alike in other ways |
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