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| a story where the interest is in what is happening and what is going to happen |
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| a story where the interest is primarily on what the character does or says |
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| a story where the interest centers around a particular place |
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| a story where the idea behind the story is the most important element. plot, setting, and character are only important because they are used to develop the theme |
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| introduces the characters and gives any information on the setting |
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| interplay between characters and events |
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| the event that initiates the action |
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| the struggle (physical/mental/emotional/moral) |
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| something arises preventing the protagonist from completing his/her action |
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| when the struggle is resolved |
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| the quality that makes the reader want to keep reading |
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| an unusual set of circumstances for which the reader wants an explanation |
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| the protagonist must choose between two actions both unpleasant |
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| the planting of clues in the story to point to the ending |
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| protagonist solves the problem and defeats the antagonist |
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| the story is resolved with a coincidence |
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| when the author says straight out what characters are like |
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| when the author shows the character in action and we learn what they are like |
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| same at the end of the story as they were at the beginning |
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| undergoes a permanent change |
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| when one character contrasts another |
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| the most important character |
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| someone important to the story, but not as important as the primary character |
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| someone who adds interest, but could be left out |
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| the character of force opposing the main character |
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| the main idea, the central insight |
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| where the author is to see the action |
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| the attitude which the writer brings to his work |
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| refers to the way which the story is told |
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| first person point of view |
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| author disappears into one of the characters who wells the story |
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| limited omniscient point of view |
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| from third person, but from the viewpoint of one character |
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| third person and the author is all knowing |
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| author goes anywhere but can only record what is seen and heard |
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| something that means more than it is |
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| a contrast- where an expression of meaning means the opposite of what is usually meant |
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| someone says the opposite of what is meant |
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| a contrast between what the character says or thinks and what the audience/reader knows is true |
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| a contrast between what is and what would seem appropriate |
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