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| a reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion or politics, sports, science, or some other brand of culture |
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| the opponent who struggles against or blocks the hero or protagonist in the story |
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| words that are spoken be a character in a play to the audience or to another character, but that are not supposed to be overheard by others on stage. |
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| a comic scene, event, or character that breaks up a serious play or narrative |
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| two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry |
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| a character in a play or story thinks one thing is true, but the audience or reader knows better |
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| a character that changes in some important way as a result of the story's action |
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| a conflict that exists between 2 people, between a person and a machine or nature, or between a person and a whole story |
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| a scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time |
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| a character with few personality traits; a stereotypical character |
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| a character that acts in contrast to another character |
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| the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in the plot |
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| indirect characterization |
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| putting clues together to infer what a character is like; this includes what a character says and does, and what other characters say about him/her |
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| the use of language to evolve a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, thing, place, or experience in the readers mind, often using sensory details |
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| the conflict involving opposing forces within a character's mind |
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| a speech given by one character that usually reveals something important about him/her |
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| a figure of speech that comines opposit or contradictory terms in a brief phase |
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| a statement that appears self-contradictory, but reveals a kind of truth |
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| a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, actions or attitudes |
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| the central character in a story, the one who initiates or drive the plot/action |
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| a "play on words" based on multiple meanings of a single word or on words that sound alike but mean different things |
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| These characters have more dimension to their personality. They are complex |
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| a long speech made by a character while no other character is on stage |
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| a character in a story that does not change during the course of the story |
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| a character in literature that has the potential for genuine greatness, yet possesses an error or flaw in his/her personality that leads to his/her downfall |
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