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| literary form in which the action, characters, or setting parallel some broader concept |
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| where the reader is aware of the ultimate outcome but the characters are not |
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| a character's sudden self-realization or revelation usually triggered by an ordinary scene or object |
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| hint of future event in a story |
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| literary style consisting of incomplete, often seemingly unrelated parts, as opposed to traditional structure |
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| use of words to imply meaning other than what is literally stated (usually humorous; sarcasm) |
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| philosophy of meaninglessness (Latin nihil, "nothing") |
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| hero or main character of a story |
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| villain of a story, or character with whom protagonist is in conflict |
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| character who changes throughout the course of a story |
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| character who does not change throughout the course of a story |
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| object or person that represents something else |
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| third person omniscient narrator (3PON) |
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| literary point of view in which narrator is all knowing |
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| unity of place, time, and action. literary form where story usually takes place in same location, on the same day, and doesn't contain any subplots |
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| narrator whose point of view can't be trusted by the reader |
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| the quality of having a nonjudgmental, detached point of view |
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