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| time, place, atmosphere, cultural background of a story |
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| the "message" or meaning of a story |
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| the person telling the story, the "voice" of the story |
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| first-person point of view |
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| someone in the story is telling it using "I" |
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| third-person point of view |
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| someone NOT in the story is telling it, NOT using "I" - but "he" and "she" |
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| a "god-like" character is telling the story and knows all of the characters' thoughts |
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| the most interesting part of the story, where it all comes to the most exciting part |
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| the events in the story that build suspense as it rises toward the climax |
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| the narrator (someone outside the story) knows only the thoughts of a single character |
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| how we learn about the characters in the story - their thoughts, actions, speech, etc. |
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| the hints or clues in a story that help us predict what will happen next |
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| the problem or issue that the story revolves around |
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| irony (dramatic, for instance) |
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| the opposite of what is expected happens |
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