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| to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure |
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| when and where the story takes place |
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| the action of the story. the series of events |
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| a struggle between opposing forces |
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| mental or emotional. in literature and drama, a struggle which takes place in the protagonist's mind |
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| conflict is physical and can be seen |
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| the overall meaning or lesson of the story |
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| the people or sometimes even animals in the story |
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| the central or main character of the story (good guy) |
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| the character or characters who oppose the main character (bad guy) |
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| the reader's ability to understand the characters based oupon he/she does, says, and thinks as well as the ways that others in the story act towardthat character. |
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| the person who is telling the story |
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| first person point of view |
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| the narrator is a character in the story |
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| third person point of view |
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| the narrator tells the story as if he/she is a reporter watching the story unfold |
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| a device in literature by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work. |
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Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible. |
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an outcome of events contrary/ opposite to what was, or might have been, expected. |
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| literary character who remains basically unchanged throughout a work |
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| in literature or drama, a character who undergoes a permanent change in outlook or character during the story; also called [developing character] |
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| the feeling created by the author |
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| writers attitude toward his/her subject |
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| the particular way the writer uses language to tell his/her story |
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| the feeling of growing tension when the author raises questionsin a reader's mind |
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The part of a play/story that provides the background information needed to understand the characters and the action. |
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| The events of a dramatic or narrative plot preceding the climax. |
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A moment of great or culminating intensity in a narrative or drama, especially the conclusion of a crisis. The turning point in a plot or dramatic action. |
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| the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved. |
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| finding a solution to a problem |
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