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Inciting Moment

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event that sets the central conflict into motion

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Rising Action

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series of events when action increases in interest leading to the climax

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Climax

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a moment of greatest intensity; turning point in a story

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Introduction/Exposition

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a portion of the story that provides background information

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Falling Action

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conflict is unraveled; events leading to the resolution

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Resolution/Denouement

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outcome of the story; conflict is resolved

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Internal Conflict

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a struggle that occurs in a characters mind; man vs. self

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External Conflict

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struggle between two opposing forces outside of a character's mind; man vs. man, man vs. society, man vs. nature, man vs. technology

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Direct Characterization

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when the author tells the reader about a character specifically revealing traits about the character in a direct, straightforward manner.

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Indirect Characterization

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when the author tells the reader about a character through the character's speech, actions, appearance, ect.

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Flat Character

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a character who is not well developed; you see only one trait

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Round Character

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a character who exemplifies a lot of traits; well-developed; reader knows more about them

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Static Character

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a character who remains the same throughout the story; not changed by the action of the plot

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Dynamic Character

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a character who develops, grows, and changes during the course of the action of the story

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1st Person Point-of-View

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when the story is told by a character using the pronoun "I"; the reader sees only what the character reveals; the narrater may not be reliable; the reader often connects personally with the narrator

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3rd Person Point-of-View

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when the story is told by a character using third person pronouns such as "he" or "she";

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Limited/Omniscient

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when the narrator knows everything about all the characters.

when the narrator's knowledge is limited to one character.

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Protangonist

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the main character of a story who enters conflict because of the antagonist

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Antagonist

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the opposing force that brings conflict to the protagonist in a story.

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Plot

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sequence of related events that create a story

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Setting

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the time, place, and historical context in which a story takes place

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Dialogue

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a conversation between two or more characters in a story

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Dialect

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a particular form of language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group

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Atmosphere/Mood

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refers to the feeling the reader gets about the story based on the details the author uses; created by description of backgrounds and settings, and sometimes by description of the characters and events

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Suspense

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anxiety a reader feels about the course of action in a story

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Symbol(ism)

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something that stands for or represent something else; a figure of speech that is used when an author wants to create a certain mood or emotion in literature

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Fiction

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a literary work whose content is produced by imagination and is not necessarily based on fact

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Personification

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giving a non-human object human-like traits

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Onomatopoeia

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refers to words whose very sound is close to the sound they are meant to depict

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Simile

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a comparison using "like" or "as"

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Metaphor

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a comparison NOT using "like" or "as"

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Oxymoron

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a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect. Ex. cold heat

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Alliteration

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when two or more words in a phrase or line share the same beginning sound

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Satire

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the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity

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Imagery

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visually descriptive or figurative language

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Genre

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a category of artistic composition characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject manner

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Foreshadowing

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the use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in a story

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Flashback

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a transition in a story to an earlier time, that interrupts the normal chronological order of events

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Allusion

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a figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison in the reader's mind

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Irony

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a difference between appearance and reality; whit is said and what is meant, expectations and outcomes

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Connotation

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an idea or feeling that a word refers to in addition to its literal or primary meaning

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Denotation

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the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggest

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Dramatic Irony

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when the audience knows something that the characters do not

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Pun

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a play on words

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Soliloquy

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when a character speaks their thoughts aloud regardless to any listeners

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Coincidence

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a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent casual connection