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| The author's attitude toward the subject written about (In "The Scarlet Ibis," the author's tone is serious because the events of his childhood are quite sad) |
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| The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage (In "The Most Dangerous Game" and "The Cask of Amontillado," the mood is suspenseful) |
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| A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a story |
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| the background information given (time, place, past actions) to readers which help in understanding of the story |
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| a series of conflicts in the story which leads to the climax |
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| the turning point or point of highest interest in a story; the point of "no turning back" |
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| action that occurs in the plot after the climax (for example, everything that happens after the death of Tybalt and up to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is thefalling action) |
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| the end of the central conflict (the deaths of Romeo and Juliet would be the resolution of the story) |
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| any events that occur after the resolution (Lords Capulet & Montague promising to erect statues of their children in Verona would be a denouement to the story) |
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| a beginning speech or introduction to a literary work (play, novel, short story, etc.) |
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| everyday language; straightforward, ordinary language and use as it is read in a story |
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| A concluding or summarizing statement following the main body of a work |
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| a brief summary of an event or of writing |
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| A contrast between what is stated and what is actually meant (the girl with the newly,dyed purple, orange, and green hair is told, "Oh, your hair looks so natural!") |
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| A contrast between what you expect to happen and what actually does happen |
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