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| the use of hints or clues to suggest actions to come |
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| backround information that the needs to know to understand the story; characters are introduced; setting is described; conflict is set up |
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| person vs. person; person vs. society; person vs. nature; person vs. himself |
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| complications to the topic that get greater in intensity |
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| the point of highest intensity in a story; the point where the conflict will finally be resolved |
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| action following the climax; winds everything down to a resolution of the conflict; starting to bring closure to the story |
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| time and place of the action |
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| how a writer develops and reveals a character |
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| indirect characterization |
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| physical discription; character's actions; words or reactions of other characters |
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| the angle from which the story was told |
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| told by a character in the story; uses "I" |
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| told by a character who is not a character in the story and can only see through one character's eyes; he only knows what one character see's and feels; uses he or she |
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| told by a character who is not a character in the story, but knows the thoughts of all or most characters, an all knowing narrator; uses she or he |
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| a controlling idea behind a story, usually and expression of a point of view about life |
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| a concrete object representing something else, often an idea |
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| a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) in an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story |
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| fuedal lord entitled to allegience and service |
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| disgrace, dishonor, or shameful |
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| no equal; matchless; incomparable |
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| compensation, the setting right of what is wrong |
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| a lover especially with a married person (adultery) |
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| deviating from the regular or proper course, erring or straying |
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| false statement designed to injure someone (reputation) |
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| unwilling or reluctant; to hate |
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| to treat with contempt, despise, or scorn |
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| injury; loss, destruction, risk of being in dange, great risk |
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| to punish, discipline, or scold someone |
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| to act rashly (w/out thinking) |
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| brave spirited, noble minded, chivalrous |
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| attendant at a Sovereign's or royal court |
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| a person who is not a member of the clergy |
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| something that has little importance or significance |
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| a loose sleeveless cloak or cape |
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| a loose sleeveless cloak or cape |
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| the white fur of a weasel |
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| to commit to the care of another |
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| wise in handling practical matters |
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| a bell rung in the evening for religious services |
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| hind quaters of an animal or person |
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| notes performed in an abrubt sharp, or clear-cut manner |
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| a beam held up by two pairs of legs and used as support |
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| un-mannered, crude, insensitive |
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| woman's head covering (headcloth) drawn and fold about the chin |
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| old shabby worn-out clothing |
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| nonreligious; pertaining to worldly things |
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| cheerfully optomistic; confident |
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| violent windstorm with rain and hail |
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| kind or gentle disposition |
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| vulgar or offensive language |
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| extremely irritable or easily angered |
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| given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity; lustful |
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