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13 Cards in this Set
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plot |
the sequence of incidents through which an author constructs a story |
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conflict |
a clash of actions, ideas, desires, or wills |
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protagonist |
the central character in a conflict |
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antagonist |
any force arranged against the protagonist - whether persons, things, conventions of society, or the protagonists own character traits |
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suspense |
the quality in a story that makes readers ask "whats going to happen next?, create readers curiosity |
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mystery |
an unusual set of circumstances for which the reader craves an explanation |
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dilemma |
a position in which he or she must choose between two courses of action, both undesireable |
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indeterminate ending |
no definitive conclusion is reached |
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artistic unity |
nothing in the story that is irrelevant, that doesn't contribute to the meaning |
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plot manipulation |
includes a turn in the plot that is unjustified by the situation of the characters |
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deus ex machina |
the reader feels manipulated if the plot relied too heavily on chance or on coincidence to provide a resolution to a story |
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chance |
occurance of an event that has no apparent cause in previous events or in predisposition of character |
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coincidence |
the chance occurence of two events that may have a peculiar correspondence
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