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| Setting (time and place), beginning characters, and beginning situation |
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| The detail that gets the story moving in the direction it's going to take |
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| Plot details leading to the climax |
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| When the main character comes face to face with the central conflict and either resolves it successfully or not. |
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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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| a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one. |
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| Hints or clues about something that is going to happen later in the story |
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| Comparison between two things that uses 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 or where an event takes place. |
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| a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction |
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| a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings. |
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| a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play. |
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| a long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program. |
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| an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play. |
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| Recurring pattern, image, word 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 actually meant |
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| When the opposite of what is expected actually 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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