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Literary Terms
short story
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Literature
9th Grade
01/22/2009

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plot
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a series of events in a story
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exposition
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the introduction of a story that includes setting, characters, and conflict
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rising action
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events causing suspence leading to the climax
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climax
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the highest point of emotion where events cannot go backwards
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falling action
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events after the climax that settle down leading to the resolution/ this can be very short.
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resolution
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sometimes called the denouemont or end of the story concluding the lesson to be learned
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theme
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main idea of a work like revenge, sacrifice, suffering...
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