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conflict |
opposition between two characters (such as a protagonist and an antagonist), between two large groups of people, or between the protagonist and a larger problem such as forces of nature, ideas, public mores, and so on |
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resolution |
the outcome or result of a complex situation or sequence of events, an aftermath or resolution that usually occurs near the final stages of the plot |
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setting |
general locale, historical time, and social circumstances in which the action of a fictional or dramatic work occurs |
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theme |
central idea or statement that unifies and controls an entire literary work |
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climax |
moment in a play, novel, short story, or narrative poem at which the crisis reaches its point of greatest intensity and is thereafter resolved |
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first person point of view |
the narrator speaks as "I" and the narrator is a character in the story who may or may not influence events within it |
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foreshadow |
Suggesting, hinting, indicating, or showing what will occur later in a narrative. Foreshadowing often provides hints about what will happen next. |
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exposition |
explain or summarize background material rather than revealing this information through gradual narrative detail |
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symbol |
practice of representing things by another meaning or character |
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third person point of view |
the narrator seems to be someone standing outside the story who refers to all the characters by name or as he, she, they, and so on) |
