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Plot
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The sequence of events in a narrative work.
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What are the six parts of a plot structure?
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Exposition, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
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Exposition
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An author's introduction of the characters, setting, and conflict at the beginning of a story, novel, or play.
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Conflict
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The struggle between two opposing forces in a story of drama. All stories must have conflict. Conflict can be internal or external.
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Internal Conflict
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Inside the mind of the character.
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External Conflict
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Between a character and something outside himself/herself.
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Rising Action
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The part of the plot where complications to the conflict develop and increase reader interest.
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Climax
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the point of greatest emotional Intensity, interest, or suspense in the plot of a literary work. The point where we find out who wins the conflict--the protagonist or antagonist.
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Falling Action
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In a play or story, the action that follows the climax.
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Resolution
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The ending of the story, the conclusion where everything is resolved.
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Protagonist
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The central character in a literary work, around whom the main conflicts revolves.
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Antagonist
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A person or force in society or nature that opposes the protagonist, or central character, in a story or drama.
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Major Characters
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Characters central to the story and are typically fully developed.
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Minor Characters
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Characters who display few personality traits and are used to help develop the story.
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Setting
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The time and place in which the events of a literary work occur; includes too the ideas, customs, values and beliefs of a particular time and place.
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Foreshadowing
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An author's use of clues to prepare readers for events that will happen later in the story.
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Allusion
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A reference to a well-known character, place, or situation from history, music, art, or another work of literature.
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Theme
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The main idea or message of a story, poem, novel, or play often expressed as a general statement about life.
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What are the three types of Irony?
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Situational, Verbal, Dramatic.
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Situational Irony
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A contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality, or between what is expected and what actually happens.
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Verbal Irony
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When a person says one thing but means another; includes sarcasm.
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Dramatic Irony
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When the audience or readers know something that the characters do not.
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Symbol
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Any person, animal, place, object, or event that exists on a literal level within a work but also represents something on a figurative level. Symbolism is the method of using symbols to suggest meaning.
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Flashback
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An interruption in the chronological order of a narrative to describe an event that happened earlier.
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Foil Character
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A character who provides a strong contrast to another character, usually a main character, thus calling attention to the strengths or weakness of a character.
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Juxtaposition
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The placement of two or more distinct elements side by side in order to contrast or compare them.
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Mood
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The emotional quality of a literary work.
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Narrator
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The person who tells a story. A character in the story, telling the story using 1st person point of view.
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Point of View
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The perspective from which a story is told.
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1st Person Point of View
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"I, We" point of view using a narrator / "I's eyes."
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2nd Person Point of View
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"You" point of view; author/narrator directly addresses the reader.
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3rd Person Point of View
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"He, She, They, Character's Name"
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Limited 3rd Person
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the reader is limited to one character's viewpoint (thoughts, experiences, etc.).
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Omniscient 3rd Person
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the reader is not limited to only one characters viewpoint.
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Characterization
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The methods a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character. Characterization may be direct or indirect.
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Direct Characterization
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When the writer makes explicit descriptions about the character.
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Indirect Characterization
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When the reader learns about a character through the character's words, thoughts, actions, or what other characters say about him/her.
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Flat Character
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A character who reveals only one or two personality traits throughout the story. Also often known as an undeveloped, or a simple character.
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Round Character
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A character who shows varied and often contradictory character traits. Often known as a developed or complex character.
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Dynamic Character
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A character who changes over the course of the story.
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Static Character
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A character who does not change over the course of a story.
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Stock Character
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A flat character of a familiar and often-repeated type, also known as a stereotype.
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Figurative Language
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Language that uses figures of speech or expressions that are not literally true but express some truth beyond the literal level.
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Simile
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A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare seemingly unlike things.
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Metaphor
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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things.
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Personification
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A figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a force of nature, or an idea is given human characteristics.
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Idiom
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An expression whose meaning is different from its literal meaning.
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Hyperbole
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A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.
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Pun
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A humorous play on words.
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Tone
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An author's attitude toward his or her subject matter, and is conveyed through elements such as word choice, rhythm, sentence, structure, and figures of speech.
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Denotation
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The literal, or dictionary, meaning of word.
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Connotation
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The suggested or implied meanings associated with a word beyond its dictionary definition, or denotation.
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