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| the sequence of related events that make up a story |
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| when the writter shows a difference between the expected result of some result |
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| the time and place in which the events take place |
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| persons, or animals or natural forces represented as persons in a work of literature |
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| a character that stays the same throughout the story |
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| a character that undergoes changes in personality or attitude |
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| a character that has only one dimension "side" sometimes they are a person |
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| a character that has many sides to his/her personality |
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| the vantage point from which a story is told |
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| the teller of the story, can take us into the minds of all characters |
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| the writter tells the story from the vantage point of the main character in the story |
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| an "I" tells the story, our preception of other characters comes from this peron's view |
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| the main idea or central insight that the story gives us about human life |
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| something in the story which maintains its own meaning while at the same time standing for something else |
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| a contrast or difference between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually happens |
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| when the writter says one thing but means something entirely different |
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| when the reader audience knows something that a character does not |
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