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A series of related events in a story, each connected to the next. |
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The order in which a story's events take place |
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A struggle between two forces. |
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a conflict that takes place between two characters; between a character and a group; or between a chracter and an animal or a force in nature. |
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an internal conflict is a struggle that takes place within a character's mind or heart. |
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the most exciting part of a story; the moment when the outcome of the conflict is determined. The climax usually comes near the end of a short story. |
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(also called denouement) The very end of the story, when loose ends of the plot are tied up. |
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An action that interrupts the story to introduce an event that took place in the past. |
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An action that jumps ahead of the story to narrate an event that happens at a later time. |
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Hints in a story that certain events are going to happen later. |
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The time and place in which the story happens. |
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mood or feelings brought on by a story's setting |
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the way writers create characters in a story |
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when writers tell us directly what a character is like (good, evil, or lazy). |
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indirect
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when the reader uses clues in the story to decide what kind of person a charcter is. Clues may be descriptions of how the character acts, speaks, and thinks and how other people respond to the character. |
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the main character in the story |
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the character that the main character (protagonist) struggles against. |
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minor characters in the story |
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the reasons behind a character's actions and feelings |
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a character who is not fully developed in the story. A flat character is almost never the main character. |
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a character who is fully developed, just as a person in actual life is |
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a character who changes during the story. The change might involve recognition of some truth about life. |
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a character who does not change during the story |
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the conversations characters have with other characters |
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a story told by an "I" narrator. An "I" narrator is a character in the story who reveals only what he knows or chooses to reveal. Some first-person narrators are credible or trustworthy. Other are unreliable and may not always tells the truth about characters or events in the story. |
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the teller of a story. A narrator tells the story from one of three points of view. |
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this point of view allows the narrator to tell the reader everything about the characters, including how they think and feel. This character is not a character in the story. |
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third-person-limited
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an omniscient narrator that focuses on only one character's actions and feelings. |
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the writer's choice of words |
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the writer's attitude toward the subject of a story, toward a character, or toward the reader. A story's tone can be described by words like humorous, serious, sad, sarcastic, sympathetic. |
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the writer's use of language and overall style, created by tone and choice of words |
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