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the series of events that make up a story.

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It is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story.

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how the events in a story build excitement until they reach their most exciting point

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the turning point of a story when the main character's problem begins to be solved or resolved.

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the part of the plot that comes after the story's climax.

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the end of the story

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where a story or event takes place.

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A protagonist is the main character of a story and the antagonist is the bad guy

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a struggle between two opposing forces.

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occurs when a character in literature experiences tension within themselves.

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struggle between a literary or dramatic character and an outside force such as nature or another character, which drives the dramatic action of the plot

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when two characters have a conflict with one another

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when a man has a conflict with the world

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an external struggle positioning the character against an animal or a force of nature

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when a protagonist is facing machines or technology (such as mechanical failure or robots) and must prevail against it.

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underlying message or the big idea of a story.

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the author's choice of words or phrases in his or her writings.

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the way in which words are put together to form phrases, clauses, or sentences

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denotation is the literal meaning of the word, connotation is a feeling or indirect meaning.

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how a piece of writing makes a reader feel towards a subject

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the feeling that surrounds the piece of text or the feelings that surround the reader when examining a piece of text.

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a plot device that writers use to insert past events in order to provide context to the current events of a narrative.

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when the author gives you hints about what will happen later on in the story.

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two or more words or phrases in sentences that are the same grammatically, as well as in meaning

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Parallelism: Explanation, Effects, Example | AP Lang Rhetorical Strategies

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the narrator's voice: first, second, or third person.

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If the narrator's voice uses the words I, me, us, ours,

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a narrative point of view that uses the pronouns “he,” “she,” “they,” “them,” etc.

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A third person limited narrator has access to the thoughts and emotions of just one character.

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the point of view where the narrator takes a "God's Eye View," freely relating the thoughts of any character and any part of the backstory

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a figure of speech that directly compares two different things.

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A metaphor is a literary device that figuratively compares and equates two things that are not alike. An extended metaphor is a version of metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry.

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when you give human qualities to something that isn't human

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an exaggeration used for emphasis or humor

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when an idea, feeling, emotion, or other concept is used to represent something else

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a phrase made of two or more words that actually have opposite meanings.

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VocabularyHelp - Learn English Words With Meaning

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Learn English Words - OXYMORON - Meaning, Vocabulary Lesson with Pictures and Examples

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a literary term that represents a word or a phrase that is said to avoid saying something that might sound offensive.

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a reference or mention of person, event, statement, piece of art, history, myths, religion, or popular culture.

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a repetition of vowel sounds in any part of a word.

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when two or more words that start with the same sound are used repeatedly in a phrase or a sentence.

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Poetic Devices: Alliteration - Examples & Meaning

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an overused expression that is no longer original.

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Cliché in English// Avoid Clichés in Formal Writing

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phrases or expressions that are part of a language and whose meaning can't be predicted easily from the meaning and denotation of its individual parts.

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Idioms | Award Winning Teaching Video | What Is An Idiom? | Figurative Language

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A pun is a joke based on the interplay of homophones

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Figure of Speech

Think back to your childhood. Do you ever remember a time when your parents said something like, ''We have an hour to kill before we have to go home'' or ''Look outside, it's raining cats and dogs!'' Did you ever think that your mom was really going to make sixty minutes die, or that there were actually household pets falling from the sky? If you did, then you were thinking in literal terms and probably didn't understand figures of speech.

A figure of speech occurs when a person says one thing in terms of something else. For example, cats and dogs aren't really falling from the sky; what your parent meant was that there's a hard rain outside. One type of figure of speech is the pun. In simple terms, a pun, also known as a paronomasia, is just a play on words. Puns rely on words that have more than one meaning or that sound like other words.

The Use of the Pun

Puns can be a fun and witty way to make a piece of literature more light-hearted. They serve to clarify a situation and make the reader think about it in a different way, usually while providing a quick laugh. Look at the following poem 'Pragmatist' by Edmund Conti:

Apocalypse now
Coming our way
Ground zero at noon
Halve a nice day.

In this example, Conti plays on the words 'have' and 'halve' since they sound so similar. In the context on the poem, you can see why the pun works. The title, 'Pragmatist,' is a dead giveaway for the purpose of the pun. A pragmatist is a realist who knows that if an apocalypse truly occurred, the reader would likely not be having a nice day. This is, of course, a very gruesome topic for a poem, but the pun gives the reader a much more light-hearted feeling, making the reader both grimace and chuckle at the same time.

Many authors use puns through words with more than one meaning. A great example of this occurs in one of Shakespeare's sonnets. Look at the first two lines:

Whoever hath her wish, thou hast thy Will,
And Will to boot, and Will in overplus;

What's odd in the grammar of those lines? Did you notice the capitalization of the word will? If you did, you should see that since words are usually not capitalized in the middle of a sentence or line, it must be a name. Will is, of course, a common name, and it's also Shakespeare's first name. In this sonnet, he's making a pun of his own name. Look at another pair of lines from the same sonnet:

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Pun in Literature: Definition & Examples - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com

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Think back to your childhood. Do you ever remember a time when your parents said something like, ''We have an hour to kill before we have to go home'' or ''Look outside, it's raining cats and dogs!'' Did you ever think that your mom was really going to make sixty minutes die, or that there were actually household pets falling from the sky?

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the use of words to convey a meaning that is opposite of what is actually said.

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The 3 Types of Irony | Literary Devices | Good Morning Mr. D

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a figure of speech in which a speaker says one thing but means another

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happens when what is expected and intended to happen doesn't take place.

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a literary device by which the audience's or reader's understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters.

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Characterization is the act of creating and describing characters in literature.

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Characterization Lesson | Using Disney's Frozen

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Characterization is the act of creating and describing characters in literature.

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when the reader learns about the attributes of a character through their speech, actions, reactions from other characters, and appearance.

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a character in a story that does not undergo any significant changes throughout the course of the story.

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one that undergoes an inner change within the story, such as a change to their personality or an attitude change.

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a character with little to no complex emotions, motivations, or personality.

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characters as described by the course of their development in a work of literature

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characters as described by the course of their development in a work of literature

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How to use rhetoric to get what you want - Camille A. Langston

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an argument that appeals to the audience by emphasizing the speaker's credibility and authority.

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a quality or form of argument in a work or portion of a text that makes the reader experience emotions.

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a rhetorical or persuasive appeal to the audience's logic and rationality.