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| The branch of literature made up of imaginative works of prose, including novels and short stories |
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| A work of fiction that can be read in one sitting |
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| The time or place of the action of a literary work |
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| The arrangement of events in a piece of literature |
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| The main idea in a work of literature |
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| The method a writer uses to reveal characters |
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| The struggle between two opposing forces |
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| The perspective from which a story is told |
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| A reference to a well known person, plac, event, or work of literature |
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| Something that stands for something else or something beyond itself |
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| The use of hints or clues to indicate what will happen later |
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| A conversation, scene, or event that happened before the beginning of a story or at an earlier point in a narrative |
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| 5 key points on a standard plot outline |
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- Introduction-Exposition
- Complication-Problem
- Rising action
- Climax-Apex?
- Resolution-Falling action
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| 5 Methods of characterization |
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- What they say
- Who they are with
- Their actions
- Their thoughts
- Their feelings
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| 3 major and minor points of view |
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- 1st person
-major character is telling the story
-Minor character is telling the story
2. 2nd person
3. 3rd person
-onmiscient
-limited omniscient
-dramatic |
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