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created when the main character undergoes an emotional struggle
Ex. Scarlet Ibis when the narrator is sad about Doodle's death and about how Doodle is handicapped |
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the point of highest intensity
Ex. Sound of Thunder, Eckles steps on the butterfly |
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Feeling of uncertainty about what will happen next
Ex. Being Prey, Valerie feels like she's being watched |
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Use of clues to hint at what is going to happen
Ex. Scarlet Ibis, Narrator makes Doodle touch his own casket |
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time, place, and condition where the story takes place
Ex. Most Dangerous Game: Shiptrap Island, unknown time, dangerous jungle |
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Leading character, hero/heroine of the story
Ex. The wife's story THE WIFE |
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Character who is opposes or struggles against the main character
Ex. Zaroff: Most Dangerous Game (Guy who tried to kill Rainsford) |
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Character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are FULLY defined by the author
Ex. Doodle, Scarlet Ibis |
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Character with few traits
Ex. Della's husband, The Gift of the Magi |
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Character who goes through little or no change
Ex. Mrs. Jones from Thank You Ma'am |
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Character who goes through an important change
Ex. Sucker from Sucker (he went from being gulible to being a badass) |
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Process where the personality of a fictious character is revealed through adjectives and phrases
Ex. Narrator in Scarlet Ibis describes Doodle as having a shriveled up head and cannot run etc. |
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Personality of a character is revealed through their speech, actions, and appearence
Ex. In Sucker, when Pete tells Sucker to jump off the roof and he'll fly we know how much Sucker really trusts Pete. |
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Narrator is not a character and never refers to themselves directly
Ex. In Interlopers, the narrator can get into everyone's heads (with the two arguing families and the guys get squished by the tree) |
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Character in the story who talks to us using first person (I did this, I did that) it's told from a character's point of view.
Ex. Montressor from Cask of Amontilido. |
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