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Archetypes
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A person, place, thing, pattern, event, image or idea that is used repeatedly throughout literature because it is naturally understood in the same way by people in all times and places. (Example: The hero is an archetype, recurring in such works as Beowulf.)
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Personal Traits and Abilities
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Analysis for a single character in a literary work; may include personal appearance.
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Thoughts and Feelings
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Analysis for a single character in a literary work; may include motivations and goals.
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Responses
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Responses of a character to people and events (attitudes, not actions).
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Experiment in Living
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A choice that a character makes to act and live according to particular beliefs. It is the overall direction of his actions, as driven by his motivating beliefs.
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Exposition
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The opening phase of a story where you meet the characters and find out what their situations are.
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Inciting Moment
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The part of the action in which an inciting force triggers a reaction (usually from a character) that turns the opening situation into a set of events moving toward a climax and resolution.
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Rising Action
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The part of the plot where the action is progressing from the inciting moment towards the turning point, usually with increasing suspense and complexity.
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Climax
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The moment or event towards which the plot of the story has been building and from which it falls away into lesser significance.
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Denouement
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The last phase of a story, the one that follows the climax. The place where things are resolved into a final conclusion.
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Turning Point
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The point at which the story turns toward what will be its final conclusion. Often found only after finishing the story.
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