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| the act of creating and developing a character |
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| a writer states the characters' traits or characteristics |
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| indirect characterization |
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| readers must draw conclusions about the characters' traits |
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| the highest point of action of the plot |
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| an obstacle that leads to the conflict |
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| a struggle between opposing forces |
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| a character or force in conflict with the main character |
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| a conversation between two characters |
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| the audience is aware of something that a character is not |
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| introduces the character, setting, and basic situation of a story |
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| the events that follow the climax and lead to the resolution |
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| clues to hint at what may happen later in the story |
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| an exaggerated statement used to make a strong effect |
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| words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses |
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| a contradiction between what happens and what is expected |
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| the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage |
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| tells readers about events that happened before the current action of the story |
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| the perspective from which a story is told |
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| the thoughts and feelings of all characters are known |
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| shows the thoughts and feelings of just one character |
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| the main character in a literary work |
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| the outcome of the conflict in a plot and the end of a story |
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| the part of the story where conflicts start and tension increases |
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| the characteristic way an author uses language |
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| giving human qualities to something that is not human |
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| a feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events in a story |
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| anything that stands for or represents something else |
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| a central message of a literary work |
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| the writer's attitude toward his/her audience and subject |
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| using figures of speech (such as hyperbole) for an ironic effect |
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Character vs. Character
Character vs. Society
Character vs. Nature
Character vs. Self |
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| What are the 4 types of conflict? |
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| where and when a story takes place |
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| writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally |
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| uses "like" or "as" to compare two unlike ideas |
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| something is described as though it were something else |
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| a character who does not change |
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| a character who changes or grows during the course of a work |
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