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| a sequence of events in a literary work |
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| Indirect Characterization |
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Writer allows reader to draw conclusions based on information in the story.
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Writer states character's traits
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| time and/or place of a story |
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| central idea or message in a work of literature |
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moment when interest and emotional intensity reach their highest point
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| The perspective from which the story is being told |
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story is told by one of the characters who uses pronount "I" or "we" and who participates in much of the action
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| 3rd person limited point of view |
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| events are related through the eyes of one character |
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| 3rd person ominiscient point of view |
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narrator is all knowing; can see into the minds of all characters
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struggle between opposing forces
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struggle within a character's mind
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character struggles with an outside force; man against man; man against nature; man against animal, etc.
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part of the plot in which complications and events build towards the climax
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provides background information necessary to understand the characters and their actions.
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shows the results of the major events and ties up loose ends (same as denouement)
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The results of the major actions, the unraveling of conflicts
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the main character of a story
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the chief opponent of the main character
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returning to an event or something that was said or done prior to the beginning of the story
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hints or clues as to events that are to occur in the story
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contrast in what is expected and what actually happens
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The reasons that explains a character's thoughts, actions, feelings, or speech.
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A feeling of anxious uncertainty about events to come.
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a fully developed character. The writer reveals the character's background, and his or her personality, both good and bad.
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a character with one or two personality traits and little, if any, personal history.
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