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struggle between opposing forces |
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external struggle between two or more individuals |
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internal struggle concerning emotion and decision |
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external struggle between person and an element of nature or the environment |
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Round (types of characters) |
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complex or presented in detail |
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Dynamic (types of characters) |
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developing and learning in the course of the story |
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Flat (types of characters) |
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characterized by one or two traits |
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Static (types of characters) |
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unchanged from the story's beginning to end |
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Omniscient (point of view) |
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author tells the story in the third person. author knows all of what is done, said, felt, and thought by the characters |
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Limited omniscient (point of view) |
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the author tells the story using the third person, but limits observations of thoughts and feelings to one character; the author presents the story from another characters eyes |
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Objective (point of view) |
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the author is like a movie camera that moves around freely recording objects. however, the author offers no comments on the characters or their actions. readers are not told the thoughts or feelings of the characters |
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Parts of a Typical Plot (draw and label) |
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exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution |
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