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| the events of the story; what happens during a story |
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| time, place, and atmosphere of a story |
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| the perspective from which the story is told |
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| the leading character hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work |
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| the adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work |
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| the main idea, or message, of an essay paragraph or a book |
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| opposition between characters or forces in a story |
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| the quality of a literary work that makes the reader or audience uncertain or tense about the outcome of events |
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| the use of words to express other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
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| someone says something ironic |
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| a literary reference to a familiar person, place , thing or event |
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| returning to an earlier time in a story |
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| giving hints or clues of what is to come in a later story |
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| a person, place, thing, or event used to represent something else |
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| the writer's attitude towards the material and/or readers |
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| one who changes or develops through a work |
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| one who remains the same through a work |
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| three dimensional, fully described |
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| has only a few traits or enough to fulfill their function in the work |
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| stereotype/stock character |
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| one with no individuality who fits a mold of a particular type |
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| author develops a character through: actions, speech, thoughts, physical appearance, other character's reactions ( thoughts and words) |
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| comparison of two unlike things using like or as |
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| comparison of unlike things without using like or as |
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| expression that cannot be taken literally |
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| repetition of beginning consonant sound in a set of words |
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| giving human qualities to an inhuman object |
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| a word that makes a sound when said out loud |
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| language that is not meant to be taken literally |
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| using words to create a picture in the reader's mind |
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| two words side by side that seem to contradict |
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| a play on words, using two words that sound the same but having different meanings, for humor |
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| the opposite of a hyperbole.a figure of speech that means less than intended |
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| the turning point in a story |
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