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Fiction |
something feigned, invented, or imagined; a made-up story: "We've all heard the fiction of her being in delicate health." |
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Plot |
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: "a plot to overthrow the government." |
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Exposition |
writing or speech primarily intended to convey information or to explain; a detailed statement or explanation; explanatory treatise:The students prepared expositions on familiar essay topics. |
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Rising Action |
a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest. |
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Climax |
the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination: His career reached its climax when he was elected president. |
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Falling Action |
the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved. |
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Resolution |
a resolve; a decision or determination: to make a firm resolution to do something. Her resolution to clear her parents' name allowed her no other focus in life. |
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Conflict |
a fight, battle, or struggle, especially a prolonged struggle; strife. conflicts between parties. |
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Subplot |
a secondary or subordinate plot, as in a play, novel, or other literary work; underplot. |
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Setting |
the surroundings or environment of anything:The garden was a perfect setting for the house. |
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Mood |
a state or quality of feeling at a particular time:What's the boss' mood today? |
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Tone |
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:shrill tones. |
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Point of View |
a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint:from the point of view of a doctor. |
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Narrator |
a person who gives an account or tells the story of events, experiences, etc. |
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First Person |
the grammatical person used by a speaker in statements referring to himself or herself or to a group including himself or herself, as I andwe in English. |
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Third Person |
the person that is used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anything or to anyone other than the speaker or the one or ones being addressed.
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Omniscient |
having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things. |
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Subjective Narrator |
A narrator of a subjective point of view (also known as “limited omniscience”) knows everything about a single character only, and sees the story through the eyes of that character. (x) |
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Objective Narrator |
The narrator is an observer, a “fly on the wall,” but cannot enter into the minds of the other characters except in a speculative way. Such a narrator is trapped by the chronology and immediacy of the story, like a reporter “on the scene” of an event transpiring. |
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Character |
the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing. |
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Protagonist |
the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work. |
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Antagonist |
a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary. |
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Theme |
a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting. |
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Recurring Theme |
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Universal Theme |
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