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| an author’s selection and arrangement of incidents in a story to shape the action and give the story a particular focus. |
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the essence of fiction. Creates plot. Ex.
Man vs. Man (external), Man vs. Nature (external), Man vs. Society (external), Man vs. Self (internal) |
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| The result of the crisis. The high point of the story. |
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| the conclusion of a plot’s conflicts and complications. |
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| the physical and social context in which the action of a story occurs. |
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| the climate of feeling in a literary work. The choice of setting, objects, details, images, and words all contribute towards creating the mood. |
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| the process by which a writer makes the character seem real to the reader. |
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| the central meaning or dominant idea in a literary work. |
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Irony (verbal, situational, dramatic) |
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a literary device that uses contradictory statements or situations to reveal a reality different from what appears to be true.
Verbal - "…I will not marry yet; and, when I do, I swear it shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate, rather than Paris …" Act 3 Julie talks to her mother.
Dramatic - Star Wars - Luke Skywalker finds out that Darth Vader is his father, and that the chick he's been digging on is his own sister.
Situational -An example of this would be a scene where a man and woman are sitting at a bus stop and start to converse. The woman divulges some of her deepest darkest secrets. The man listens and advises her, and the woman thanks him and gets on her bus. After she is gone the man takes off his heavy coat to reveal that he is in fact wearing the garb of a priest. The irony lies in the fact that the woman never knew that the man she was talking to was a priest, but the audience does and the reality of what the audience knows about why the man was so helpful and understanding is different from the reality the woman experience |
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refers to who tells us a story and how it is told.
1st person (I), 2nd person (you), 3rd person omniscient (He, she, they, it), 3rd person limited (he, she, or it (from one p.o.v)) |
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| a sharp, bitter, or cutting expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt. |
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| the use of irony, sarcasm, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice with a purpose. |
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| the attitude of a piece. Usage includes in word choice and in diction. In many cases, the tone of a piece of work may change or evolve. Ex. Serious, nostalgic, ironic, affectionate, angry, sad, cheerful, bitter. |
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