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01/02/2013

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Falling action
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the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.
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Climax
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the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination:
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Resolution
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a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
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characters
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people that are in the story
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plot
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a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose.
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exposition
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writing or speech primarily intended to convey information or to explain; a detailed statement or explanation; explanatory treatise
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conflict
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to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash:
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complications
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he act of complicating.
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rising action
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a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.
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characters
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the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.
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setting
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the surroundings or environment of anything
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external
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of or pertaining to the outside or outer part
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objective
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something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish
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omniscient
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having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.
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antagonist
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a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary
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protagonist
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he leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
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internal
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situated or existing in the interior of something; interior.
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subjective
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existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought
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limited
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confined within limits; restricted or circumscribed: a limited space
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theme
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a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic
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tone
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any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source.
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mood
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a state or quality of feeling at a particular time
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first person
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the grammatical person used by a speaker in statements referring to himself or herself or to a group including himself or herself, as I and we in English.
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third person
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the person that is used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anything or to anyone other than the speaker or the one or ones being addressed
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generalization
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a result of this process; a general statement, idea, or principle.
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fiction
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the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
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novel
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a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
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point of view
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a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint
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narrative
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a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
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