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- a pattern of events
- an intellectual formation about the relations among the incidents in the story, therefore it is a guiding principle for the author and an ordering structure for the reader.
- Plot: certain arrangement of events that are taken to have relation to one another.
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| Obj2: Explain the difference between story and plot |
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- a story is a narrrative of events in chronological order.
- a plot emphasizes less on the order of the events and more on their relationship to eachother, in other words, why and how one event leads into or affects another event.
- a story only arouses curiosity as to what happens next: a prot demands some intelligence, circumspection, and memory
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| Obj 3: Define how foreshadowing is used |
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- using certain clues or hints that seem to point toward some later even in the story.
- if after you finish reading the story, you discover that one or more of the events of the story seems to have been predicted much earlier, you may have encountered foreshadowing.
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| obj 4: Explain the difference between antagonist and protagonist |
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| the antagonist is the main character in the story, the agonist can be a person or a specific ocassion or event related to the main character that causes some sort of conflict. |
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| obj5: List the 5 basic elements of plot |
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- Exposition
- rising action
- climax
- falling action
- denouement or conclusion
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