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| Written or spoke language without metrical structure as distinguished from poetry. |
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| a fictional prose narrative, usually considerable length and containing detialed treatment of characters and plot. |
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| fictional prose narrative with a single theme,full plot, limited numbers of characters and plot. |
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| a literary composition telling story and to be written or preformed. |
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| the time and place of the action of the story. |
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| a certain type of character that we all know the society snob, the naive country boy. |
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| the term used to refer to the major character who is most effected by what happens in the story. |
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| the major character or force who into conflict with the protagonist. |
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| the clash of opposing forces or ideas upon which the story line is based. |
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| the direction from which the story is told. |
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| the abstract subject of the story |
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| The atmosphere and feeling that an author creates in a story through the choice of setting, imagery details, and descriptions |
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| The particular method of telling the story---use of certain techniques which make the story more effective |
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| giving a slight hint as to what will follow or happen later in the story |
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| when the author refers back in time to explain something |
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| is the general name given to literary techniques that involve differences between appearance and reality, expectation and result, or meaning and intention |
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| is a style of writing that uses humor |
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| the use of words which appeal to one of the five senses |
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| words or phrases which make the story more alive |
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| background information on character, events, and conflict needed to understand what is going to happen. |
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| the event/s where conflict is first established. |
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| includes all events in story which makes the conflict worse and leads to a turning point in action |
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| the event which resolves the conflict. |
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| the highest point of highest emotional intensity in story. |
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| includes all events which further resolve the conflict and follows the climax tying up all the loose ends. |
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| the final event in the story which shows that the conflict is completely resolved. |
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| Two or more people in opposition/conflict. |
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| Person/s against the elements, places, elements, places,animals, fate. |
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| Person/s fighting against the forces of society which forces conformity to standards. |
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| Man/Female vs. Himself/Herself |
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| Character/s experiencing an emotional struggle with self. |
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| Author tells story in Third Person, but gives readers thoughts of some or all of the major characters. |
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| giving a slight hint as to what will follow or happen later in the story. |
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| the author refers back in time to explain something - a glimpse of the past. |
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| saying the opposite of what you mean. |
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| when the opposite of what is expected or deserved happens; a surprise ending. |
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| when the reader knows more about the characters in the story than the characters do about themselves. |
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| a comparison of two unlike persons or things using "like" or "as" |
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| a comparison of two unlike persons or things without using "like" or "as" |
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| a concrete object that is used to represent an abstract idea. |
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| giving human-like qualities to a non-human subject. |
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