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| time,place,physical details,and circumstances in which a situation occurs |
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| place where a particular event in the story takes place |
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| literature that seeks to portray or is associated with a specific region or people |
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| series of events that constitute structure of a story |
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| any situation in a story that has lots of conflict |
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| any situation in a story that has lots of conflict |
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| main character in story, around whom the central conflict revolves |
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| character who is set against main character |
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| use of hints or clues to suggest what action is to come |
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| point of great tension in which character faces moral dilemma, and that point determines how story will end |
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| point where central conflict shifts or is resolved |
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| falling action after climax |
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| method of narration in which present action's temporarily interrupted |
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| narrative that begins somewhere in middle of plot, usually at crucial point of action |
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| attitude of mood of a word, phrase sentence,paragraph or story |
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| Choice of particular word over another word |
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| Writing characterized by an economy with words, and a lack of unnecessary adverbs and adjectives |
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| character who goes through internal change and has complexity |
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character who doesn't go through internal change and isn't complex
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| Character who goes through change |
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| character who doesn't have all the normal attributes we associate with a hero, however will perform heroic acts or deeds |
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| person or voice who tells the story |
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| narrator can see and know all |
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| narrator is limited in his or her ability to see certain things |
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| when narrator makes moral judgements about a character or characters |
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| character who tells facts, but doesn't make moral judgements |
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| narrator who can't be trusted t tell truth |
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| child like and naive narrator |
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| not showing proper respect |
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| to delay or prevent (someone or something) by abstructing them |
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| showing color that seems to change when seen from different angles |
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| great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an object |
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| to make (someone) unable to think clearly |
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| a person who practices divination or a person who divines (uses a g-d or holy power to find the location of water) |
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| very generous or forgiving |
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| a passionate expression of grief or sorrow |
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| to move in an angry manner |
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| dull, tedious, & repetitious; |
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| the action of providing or supplying something for use |
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