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| a struggle between two opposing forces |
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| a struggle with an outside force such as another character or a force of nature |
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| a struggle within the mind of a character (struggling to make a decision, take an action or to overcome a feeling) |
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| the sequence of events in a story |
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| the part of the work that introduces the characters, setting and problem |
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| the series of events that lead to the climax |
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| the turning point of the story, the point of greatest tension |
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| part of the plot that follows the climax |
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| part of a story where the conflict is resolved, loose ends are tied up |
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| the time and place of the action |
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An opinionated perspective or vantage point from which a story is told. |
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| The narrator presents facts. No character's thoughts or feelings are revealed. |
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| a central message, concern or purpose in a literary work |
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something that stands for or represents something else |
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| a division or type of literature |
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| the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage |
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| A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison of two unlike things |
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| the most important character in a story, poem or play |
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| an event in the plot that is an essential part of the story |
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| an event in the plot of the story that is not essential to the plot |
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| a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else |
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| a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics |
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| prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events |
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| the author's use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story |
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| a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events that occured in the past |
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| Third Person Objective POV |
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| The narrator presents a characters actions or dialogue. No thoughts or feelings are revealed. |
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The narrator presents one character's thoughts and feelings.
Narrator is not a part of the story. |
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| Third Person Omniscient POV |
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| The narrator presents more than one character's thoughts and feelings. Narrator is not a part of the story. |
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| The narrator tells their own story. Narrator is a part of the story. |
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| The narrator gives directions or instructions. The narrator is not part of the story. |
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