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| a conclusion that is less powerful or striking than expected |
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an image, story pattern, or character type that frequently recurs and evokes strong,though often unconscious, feelings |
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methods used by an author to develop a character’s personality |
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an unrealistically simple, one dimensional character, often a stereotype, easy to categorize |
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a developed, interesting character, often full of contradictions, like real people |
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| a character who is generally unchanged at the end of the story |
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| character who changes, grows, or learns something as a result of the conflict(s) in the story |
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| a character whose traits and actions are predictable and easy to understand, often static and flat. |
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| the turning point in a story or play when the action changes course and begins to resolve itself |
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| the point in a play or story at which hostile elements are most tensely opposed |
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| the resolution of the plot; in French, “unraveling” |
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literature meant to be performed |
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| A concluding section added to answer remaining questions or offer interpretation |
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| Background information about characters or setting |
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| The resolution of a dramatic plot; takes place after the climax |
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| A dramatic productioin that features highly improbable, humorous characterizations for effect |
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| A character whose traits are the opposite of those of another character |
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| A novel characterized by mystery, horror, and the supernatural, and usually having a medieval or other period setting |
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| Excessive pride; arrogance |
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| A separate occurrence that is subordinate to yet related to another |
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| An abusive, denunciatory expression |
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| Anastrophe; to change the usual order of words in a sentence: "Therefore shall not I." |
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| When the audience knows more than the characters |
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An occurrence which is the opposite of what was expected |
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| Saying the opposite of what is meant |
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When a character speaks to himself, alone to the audience, or to another character whose replies are not recorded |
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| The vantage point from which an author presents actions and characters |
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| Author describes only what can be seen, like a newspaper reporter. Same as dramatic P-O-V |
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| A third-person narrator able to see into the minds of all characters |
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| A third-person narrator able to see into the mind of only one character. |
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| Third person Point of View |
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| A narrator who deos not participate in the action of the story |
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| A short pithy saying that expresses a truth about life |
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| When the complications caused by the conflict of opposing forces develop; leads up to the climax |
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| A speech in which a character, alone on the stage, addresses himself |
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narrative that presents the private thoughts of a character without commentary or interpretation by the author |
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| The writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject, audience, or himself |
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| The downfall of a person in a morally, socially, or academically high position |
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| the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist |
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| A character who constitutes a malicious, evil force or plot complication |
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