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man vs. man
man vs. nature
man vs. society
man vs. self |
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| Conflict can be internal or external, or a combination of both. Conflict brings about suspense. Terms such as protagonist and antagonist are used in relation to conflict. |
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| exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement, resolution |
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| the sequence of events or happenings in a literary work |
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| the time and place of actions in a narrative |
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| the personality a character displays; also the means by which an author reveals that personality |
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| Indirect Characterization |
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| in which the writer shows or dramatizes the character and allows you to draw your own conclusions |
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| the writer tells you directly what a character is liked |
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| refers to an object, place, or person that possesses its own significance and at the sam time represents something bigger and more universal |
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| occurs when the actual intent of the sentence or though expressed carries a significance exactly opposite to the meaning intended |
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| when the character says one thing and means the opposite |
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| when the turn of events is the complete opposite of what was expected |
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| when the reader knows more about the actual situation than the character does |
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| language that appeals to any sense or any combination of senses |
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| A writer’s choice of words, particularly for clarity, effectiveness, and precision |
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| attitude a writer takes towards his or her subject, character, and readers |
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| Deriving a conclusion from clues or hints provided by the author |
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| The quality of a literary work that makes the reader or audience uncertain or tense about the outcome of events |
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| the vantage point from which a narrative is told |
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| the repetition of similar sounds, usually consonant clusters, in a group of words |
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| the repetition of sound in two or more words or phrases that usually appear close to each other in a poem |
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| the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables into a pattern |
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| a generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry |
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| a comparison between two unlike things with the intent of giving added meaning to one of them |
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| a figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a natural force, or an idea is given personality, or described as if it were human |
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| a comparison made between two dissimilar things through the use of a specific word or comparison, such as like, as, then, or resembles |
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| an apparently self-contradicting statement, the true meaning of which can be determined only by careful scrutiny |
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| a group of lines forming a unit in a poem |
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| a noun signifying something immaterial and abstract |
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| a noun signifying something material |
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| a scene in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem that interrupts the action to show an event that happened at an earlier time |
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| the main idea or the basic meaning of literary work |
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