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| The action or sequence of events in a story |
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| The participants, often people or animals, in a story |
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| The date, time, and place in which a story takes place |
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| The underlying concept of a story which gives it meaning |
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| The closing details of a short story that gives the story finality |
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| An educated foreseeing into the future events in a story |
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| The act of making something clearer or more focused |
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| A catalyst in a group of actions with consequences in a story |
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| The repercussions of actions, often referred to consequences in a story |
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| Interaction between two characters in a story |
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| An introduction section in a story that introduces the plot and setting |
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| An incident that causes the conflict in a story |
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| The problem in which a story centers around |
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| The peak or zenith of a story in which the rising actions culminate |
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| Actions resulting from the actions of the climax and rising actions |
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| The act of physical conversation in a story |
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| A conflict dealing with a problem within a character |
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| A conflict dealing with a problem with a character and some aspect of their environment |
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| The point from which the story is told. This can be from a narrator or character. |
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| First person point of view |
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| Telling a story from the point of view of a character in the story |
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| Third person point of view |
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| Telling the story from the point of view of an ominous narrator |
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| Characters that do not develop significantly throughout the course of the short story. |
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| Characters that develop throughout the story by learning new values or lessons, or by changing their attitude towards things. |
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| An educated guess that takes into the various factors presented. |
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| A disagreement between what a character does or says and what is expected |
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| A short work of prose that encompasses nearly all elements of a normal story, yet shorter. |
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| An item, a person, or an idea that represents something larger than itself |
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| Clues surrounding words that give hints to the meaning of the word they are surrounding. |
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