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| when and where story takes place |
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| perspective from which story is told |
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| people, creatures, animals in a story |
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| main idea about life the writer is trying to get across |
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| character that fits a preconceived idea of what he/she should be like |
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| main character in the story |
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| character who causes problems for the main character |
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| characters who are very much alike but differ in one major personality trait or attitude |
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| characterization pattern in which two people face the same conflict and react in similar ways |
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| character pattern in which one character causes problems for another |
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| reason a character does what he or she does |
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| moving from the present to tell about something that happened in the past |
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| hints about what will happen in the future |
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| words that mean about the same thing |
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| words with opposite meanings |
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| comparison using the word "like" or "as" |
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| show how things are alike |
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| show how things are different |
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| point of view using "I" or "we" |
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| point of view using "he," "she," "they" where the writer knows the thoughts and feelings of only one main character |
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| point of view using "he," "she," "they" where the writer knows the thoughts and feelings many characters |
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| the readers' desire to know what will happen next |
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| problems that create suspense |
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| background information for a story |
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| part of the plot required to have a story |
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| struggle between opposing forces |
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| part of the story where the conflict appears to be resolved |
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| characterization pattern where a character in the story tells the story even though he/she is not directly involved in the action |
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| how the story all works out |
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| internal struggle where the character has to make a moral decision |
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| struggle between outside forces |
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| part of the story where reader interest increases |
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| part of the story where reader interest decreases |
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| situational irony occurs at the end of the story and surprises the reader |
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| the reader knows something that the characters in the story do not know |
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| the opposite happens from what is expected |
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| someone says the opposite of what he/she means |
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| indirect characterization |
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| readers learn about a character from what he says, what she does, or what another character tells them |
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| the writer comes out and tells something about a character |
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| conversation between characters |
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| a way of speaking peculiar to a part of the country, ethnic group, etc. |
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| work of fiction read in one sitting with limited fictional elements |
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| work that uses unusual creatures, settings in the distant past or future and in outer space or a created land, and technology to make a comment on society |
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