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| Setting ( time and place), beginning character, and beginning situation |
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| Detail that gets the story moving in the direction its going to take |
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| The plot leads to the Climax |
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| When the main character comes face to face with the central conflict and whether resolves it successfully or mot |
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| Plot details from the climax to the resolution |
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| The conclusion of the story where loose ends are wrapped up |
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| Central Message of the story |
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| Character or force opposite the protagonist |
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| Thwarted, endangered, or opposing desire, when a character wants something but something else gets in the way |
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| Hints or clues about something that is guaranteed to happen later in the story |
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| Comparison between two things that use like or as |
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| Direct comparison that doesn't use like or as |
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| Giving something nonhuman, human characteristics |
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| The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned where an event takes place |
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| a self-contradicting word or group of words. |
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| A character who is presented as a contrast to a second character to a point or show to advantage some aspect of the second character |
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| "Play on Words" involves words with similar or identical sounds but with different meanings |
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| is a dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience or another character |
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| is a long speech by one person addressed to other characters |
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| A long speech where a character express his or her thoughts aloud alone on the stage/scene. |
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| repeating pattern, image, word, or phrase |
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| When the audience or reader knows something the characters don't know |
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| Occurs when the literal meaning of what someone says is different from or opposite of what they mean |
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| When the opposite of what was expected happens |
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| The overall feeling or atmosphere that the reader feels |
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| reflects the writer's attitude toward the subject matter in a literary work |
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