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foreshadowing

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use of clues to hint at or suggest events that have yet to come

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genres

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a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like

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inciting incident

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the event responsible for the conflict of the story

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irony

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generally, the contrast between what is expected from the events and what actually happens (also known as situational irony)

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verbal irony

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The writer or speaker says one thing but means something different

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Dramatic irony

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Where the reader or audience knows something a character does not

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Memoir

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Can be compared with autobiography ( as it depicts the story of a life), but this form can only depict a small portion of life

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Mood or atmosphere

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The feeling the author creates in the mind of the reader ( humor, fear, dread etc.)

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Motivation

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The reason a character thinks feels or acts in any particular way

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Narration

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Writing that tells a story (examples- short stories, novels, biographies, and or autobiographies

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narrator

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the speaker or character who tells the story

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nonfiction

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prise writing that presents and explains ideas about real persons, places, events, etc.

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novel

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long piece of fiction

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plot

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the sequence of events in a story (inciting incident, exposition, developments, climax, resolution, and denoument

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point of view- first person

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the vantage point of the story is through the main character's eyes (the pronouns I, me, my, etc. are used when relating the events of the story)

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point if view second-person

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The least common vantage point, use it infrequently. In second point of view, the pronoun "you" is used both singular and plural. Novels are rarely written in second p.o.v, but poetry commonly is

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point of view third person limited

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where the vantage point is not one of the characters in the story. the vantage point is from an outside observer. The reader can only know what one characters learns through interaction with other characters or through conversations. the narrator cannot supply the thoughts of the characters

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point of view- third person omniscient

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This is the least limited p.o.v. because although narrator isn't in story, he see's into the minds of the characters

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prose

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the ordinary form of written language such as used in novels, short stories, essays, etc. rather than that used in poetry, dramas or songs

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protagonist

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the main character in the story

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resolution

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where the conflict is solved and the story closes

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satire

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An attack on or criticism of any folly or vice in the form of scathing humor, or a critique of what the author sees as dangerous religious, political, moral, or social standards.

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setting

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the time and place in which a literary work is set

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short story

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a brief work of fiction

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speaker

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the imaginary voice assumed by the writer

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suspense

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the uncertainty or anxiety the readers feels about what will happen next in the story

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symbol

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anything that stands for or represents something different

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theme

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the central message, concern, or insight into a life expressed in a literary work

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tone

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the speaker's attitude toward the subject and audience of the story