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| a person, animal or creature who takes part in the action of a story |
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| when and where the story happens |
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| a struggle between two opposing forces or characters |
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| the central message about life the author is trying to get across |
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| the perspective or eyes through which the story is told |
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| a series of related events that make up the action of a story |
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| the person who is telling the story |
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| the point of highest interest or suspense |
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| the beginning where characters, setting and situation are introduced |
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| obstacles and problems faced in the rising action |
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| the character begins life again changed or unchanged |
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| when the opposite of what is expected occurs |
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| an all knowing narrator sees into the minds and hearts of all characters |
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| third person limited point of view |
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| narrator sees only into heart and mind of one favored character |
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| anxious feeling about what will happen next |
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| overall mood or feeling the story produces |
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| main character in a story who struggles to solve a problem |
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| character or forces that works againt the main character |
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| charcter who undergoes change during the story |
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| character who remains unchanged by the story's events |
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| conversation between characters, often set off by quotation marks |
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| hints or clues that suggest what might happen later in the plot |
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| when a character struggles against an outside force like another character or snowstorm |
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| when a character struggles within mind or heart between opposing needs or desires |
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| first person point of view |
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| one of the characters tells the story using pronouns like I, me, and we |
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| an unusual or unexpected twist in the resolution |
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| the way a writer uses language |
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a concrete item used in a story to represent an important theme, idea
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| a character who contrasts sharply with another |
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| pronunciations, spellings, and expressions used to create the sound of a particular locale or speech pattern. |
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