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| a regional variety of language that uses special expressions and pronunciations. it is used by a whole region of a country (ex. "ya'll") IT IS NOT SLANG |
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| "all knowing" narrator who knows everything there is to know about the characters and their problems |
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| 3rd person limited point of view |
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| the story is told through the eyes of ONE character, the reader sees the story through his eyes. |
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| one of the main characters, usually the main character, tells the story using "I" and "me" |
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| the relationship of the narrator or storyteller to the events in the story |
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| something in a literary work which maintains its own meaning while at the same time standards for something else |
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| tells the final events and ties all the loose ends together |
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| relates events that result from the climax |
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| the point of greatest emotional involvement, indicates how the conflict will be resolved |
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| catches our interest by revealing the conflict that the characters must resolve |
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| introduces us to the characters, setting, and situation |
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| the action or sequence of events in a narrative or a drama. the events are arranged to catch and hold our interest as we proceed through the work |
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| takes place in the character's mind (man vs. himself) |
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| a struggle between a character and an outside force (man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society) |
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| a struggle between opposing forces |
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| how the reader learns about a character through what he does, says, or what the narrator or another character says about them |
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| the ability to be universal or relative through all generations |
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| a contrast between reality and what seems to be real |
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| a form of writing that exposes social evils and abuses by making fun of them. a device that makes a subject seem absurd or worthy of contempt. the satirist uses comedy to make fun of a subject, attitude, or society in general |
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| the use of clues in a literary work that suggest events that are yet to happen |
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| the quality of a literary work that makes the reader uncertain or tense about the outcome |
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| the comparison of two things using "like" or "as" |
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| comparison of two unlike things not using "like" or "as" |
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| incidents, images, or ideas which appear frequently within a work. (superstitions, storm, dreams) |
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