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| The time and place the story is set |
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| The primary struggle faced by the protagonist |
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Person vs. self
Person vs. person
Person vs. nature
Person vs. society |
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| The outcome of the conflict |
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| The author's main idea or message of the story. Typically a universal, relatable concept or statement about society, human nature, or the human condition |
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| The people, animals, or things that are in the story |
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| Central character of a text, and the character around which the plot develops and climaxes |
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| character(s) who interferes with the protagonist reaching their goal(s) |
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| Characters who highlight qualities in one another by comparison; these characters have similarities, which makes their differences more apparent |
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| Character who does not change during the story |
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| Character who changes during the story |
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| the way the story makes the reader feel |
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| the author's feeling or attitude toward his subject matter or characters in the story; what the author feels (like tone of voice) |
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| the perspective from which a story is told |
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| the story is being told by a narrator who is a character in the story; "I" is used |
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| the author "speaks" directly to the reader: "you" is used |
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| the story is being told by a narrator outside the story |
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| Third Person Limited Omniscient |
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| the reader is able to see the thoughts and feelings of only one character (occasionally two or three), usually the protagonist |
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| the reader is able to see the thoughts and feeling of all of the characters, and sometimes even the opinions of the narrator |
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| a work that functions on two levels; the WHOLE PIECE is a symbolic representation of something else |
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| the repetition of beginning consonant sounds, usually within the same sentence or line |
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| A reference (from history, mythology, the Bible, literature, art, song, etc.) that the author expects the audience to know |
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| Direct address of a person (living or dead) or an object as if present and capable of understanding |
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| any use of language where the intended meaning is different from the actual literal meaning of the words themselves |
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| Where the future events in a story are hinted at, not told outright, by the author before the happen |
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| an obvious over-exaggeration |
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| language which descries something in great detail and paints a vivid picture in the reader's mind |
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| A contrast between the way things seem to be and the way they actually are |
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| When the expected outcome of a situation is very different than the actual outcome |
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| where the audience or reader is aware of something important, of which the character in the story are not aware |
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| When someone says one thing, but means the opposite |
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| a comparison of two unlike objects; usually distinguished by not using the words "like" or "as: |
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| words that sound like what they describe |
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| A contradiction in terms; when two opposite words are linked together to describe something |
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| a situation which cannot possibly exist because different elements of it cancel each other out |
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| giving inanimate objects human traits |
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| giving animals human traits |
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| the use of wit, irony, or sarcasm to point out human beings' shortcomings in order to draw attention to the problem and/or promote change |
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| a comparison of two unlike objects that uses the words "like" or "as" |
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| something that represents something else. Must be tangible or visible with the idea that it symbolizes something abstract or universal |
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