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| a character, action, or situation that is a prototype or pattern of human life; a situation, setting, or charater that occurs over and over again in literature. |
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| people or animal who take part in the action of a literary work. |
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| word choice intended to convey a certain effect. |
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| the dictionary meaning of a word. |
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| the feeling and attitudes associated with a word |
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| a scene that interrupts the action of a work to show a previous event. |
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| Hints or clues that suggest future action |
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| the use of sensory details to describe one thing in terms of another |
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| the overall feeling created by an author's choice of words. |
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| the sequence of events in which a story takes place. |
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| the perspective from which the story takes place. |
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| First Person Piont of View |
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| the story is told from a charater who narrates his or her own experiences directly |
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| Limited 3rd Person Point of View |
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| the story is told from viewpoint of one charater who can see only a part of the whole story. |
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| the author is outside the story and presents the thoughts of all the characters involved. |
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| the framework or organization of a literary selection |
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| Techniques used by the author to keepmreaders interested in the story and un what will happen next. |
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| the "message" that the author intends to communicate by telling the story. These messages are often universal truths. |
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| the writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject, character, or auience; it is conveyed through the author's choice of words and detail |
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| the author's distinctive style or manner of expression. |
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