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| the point in the story where we meet our main characters, we see what the setting is |
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| the first point of tension in the plot, the problem that drives the whole story |
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| the tension grows and the main character struggle (usually to overcome conflict) |
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| the point of greatest tension and most suspense in the plot, point where the action stops going "up" and starts going "down" |
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| the tension eases, things start to fall into place, the characters and reader start to figure things out |
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| the very end where all loose ends are tied up, all conflicts are resolved at or during this point |
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| external conflicts definition |
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| conflict outside of oneself |
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| types of external conflicts |
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man vs. man
man vs. nature
man vs. society (law, police officers, the whole society
man vs. machine |
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| internal conflict definition |
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| type of internal conflict |
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| hints in the text about future events in the story's plot |
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| the main character struggling to overcome conflicts |
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| the person or thing working against the protagonist |
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| chrarcter that goes through a change throughout the plot. character is actively affected b the events of the plot |
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| character who is the same throughout the plot. never changes -RESISTS CHANGE |
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| one dimentional, don't know much about, only one standout personality trait |
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| well-developed, multifaced character with many sides, more "human" and realistic |
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| clear reasons why chrarcters act as they do or make certain decisions |
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| the overall message the story offers about life, MUST FIT ENTIRE STORY, ASK WHAT HAS THE PROTAGONIST LEARNED, HOW HAS HE/SHE CHANGED |
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| the prespective from which the writer decides to tell the story |
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| all knowing narrator ovserving everything |
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| a person intimately involved in action (I, me) |
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| told by an outside observer (he/she) |
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| TIME and place in which the story takes place |
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| pretending ignorance to expose the truth |
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| verbal, situation, dramatic irony |
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| when we say one thing but mean another |
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| an occurance that is the opposite of what a reader or character would expect to happen |
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| when we know something that the characters in the story do not |
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| writing or artwork that ridicules human weakness or error IN ORDER TO PROMOTE SPECIAL CHANGE |
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| an imperfect world where seemingly desirable things are infact less than, often used as a warning to society to say "watch what you're doing or this may become your reality" |
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| person, place, thing, or idea (love, beauty, poverty) |
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| proper noun define & example |
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naming specific person, places, or things
United States |
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| common noun define & example |
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every other noun
car, actor, dog |
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action
linking
action and linking
helping |
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| action verb define & example |
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shows mental or physical action (doing stuff)
worked, cries, sees, sings |
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| linking verb define & example |
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links the subject of the sentence to an adjective or another noun that describes it
mostly forms of the infinitive to be (am, are, be being, been, is, was, were) |
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| action and linking verbs define & example |
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can be an action or link the subject of the sentence to an adjective or another noun that describes it
appear, become, feel, look, seem, smell, sound, taste, remain, stay |
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| helping verbs define & example |
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help form the tense of another verb
mostly in the forms or be, have, and do |
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an object that recieves the action of a verb
when you throw something, the thing you throw is the d.o.
when you drive something, the thing you drive is the d.o. |
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whom or for whom something is done
indirect object is the person "recieving" the gift (the direct object is the gift) |
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| the events that happen in the story |
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