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| How the READER feels when reading text |
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| How the AUTHOR feels about what he/she is writing |
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| The MESSAGE the author wants the reader to get from text |
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| Moment of greatest anticipation "On the edge of your seat" |
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| The opposite of what is expected |
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| Literal words that when used together make a figurative meaning "piece of cake!" |
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| A repeated image, action, or saying in a text. |
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| A concrete noun (you can see or hear) that stands for "an IDEA" |
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Altering sentence structure for emphasis.
"Ready! Set! Go!" |
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| Time, place and culture in the literature. |
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| Perspective from which a story is told. |
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| 3rd Person Limited Point of View |
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| Narrator tells story but we know more about how one character feels ( and his/her thoughts). |
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| 3rd Person Omniscient Point of View |
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| Narrator tells story and we know same amount of information about all characters. |
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| Internal type of conflict "a struggle within" or a "decision to be made" |
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| External conflict with something in nature (or weather) |
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| External conflict with one character against a group |
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| Character versus Character |
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| External conflict with one character against another. |
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| Character versus Technology |
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| External conflict with a character versus a machine of some type. |
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| The first part of Freytag's Pyramid where the setting and main character is introduced. |
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| A peak at the main character's conflict. |
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| Complications (and mini conflicts) leading up to the climacitic moment. |
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| The moment of greatest suspense where the protagonist has a choice to make. |
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| Pieces of plot leading to the resolution. |
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| When the protagonist's conflict is taken care of. |
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| The happily ever after or any loose ends are tied up. |
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| Interruption in the plot to go back and tell something that happened earlier. |
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| A hint about something that will be comig up in the plot. |
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| They way author's make the characters seem like they are real ( from their words and actions.) |
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| The character or force that causes problems for the protagonist. |
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| What drives the character to do the things she/he does in the plot (why are they doing what they are doing in the story?) |
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| The protagonist and antagonist . This character is essential to the story. |
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| Supports the major character in some way. |
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| A character that feels many emotions and we see many sides of his/her personality. |
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| A character that feels little or no emotions (we only see one side of his/her personality). |
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| A character whose personality does NOT change at all in the story. |
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| A character whose personality changes by the end of the story. He/she has learned a type of lesson. |
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Reading between the lines to understand what is meant.
(Take the facts that are given and guess what happened or what will happen next). |
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| Boiling down the information into a few sentences (using only the key pieces). |
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| Guessing what will happen next! |
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