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a plot is he sequence of events that make up a story.

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The background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story

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The section of a story that leads toward its climax.

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The decisive moment, or turning point, at which the rising action of the play is reversed to falling action.

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The period after the dramatic confrontation of the climax.

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The end of the story. It occurs after the CLIMAX

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The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.

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the protagonist is frequently known as the hero of the story while the antagonist is the villain.

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conflict is a major literary element of narrative or dramatic structure that creates challenges in a story by adding uncertainty as to whether the goal will be achieved

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Oregon State University - School of Writing, Literature and Film

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"What is Conflict in Literature?": A Literary Guide for English Students and Teachers

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A struggle within a person's mind over a problem or question.

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Struggle between a literary or dramatic character and an outside force such as nature or another character

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Involves two characters struggling against each other.

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A story in which an individual (or a small group of individuals) chooses to or is forced to fight against their society or community

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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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The main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work.

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The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
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The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

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An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. (video)

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The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests. (video)

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DENOTATIONS & CONNOTATIONS | English Lesson

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The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. (video)

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A feeling that can refer to the emotional state of mind of a person/character or the atmosphere of a story.

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A scene that takes place before a story begins. (video)

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Oregon State University - School of Writing, Literature and Film

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"What is a Flashback?": A Literary Guide for English Students and Teachers

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A narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted. (video)

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In coordinate ideas are arranged in phrases, sentences, and paragraphs that balance one element with another of equal importance and similar wording. (video)

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Oregon State University - School of Writing, Literature and Film

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"What Is Parallelism?": Oregon State Guide to Grammar

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The vantage point from which a story is presented.

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A narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view.

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A little-used technique of narrative in which the action is driven by a character ascribed to the reader, one known as you.

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the narrator reports the events that take place without knowing the motivations or thoughts of any of the characters.

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A method of storytelling in which the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character, while other characters are presented only externally.

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The all-knowing voice in a story. The narrator has greater insight into the narrative events; context; and the characters' motives, unspoken thoughts, and experiences, than any individual character does.

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A figure of speech and type of metaphor that compares two different things using the words “like” or “as.”
Example: She's as quite as a mouse.

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A direct comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated. Without using "like" or "wise"
Example: Life is a roller-coaster

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A version of metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry.
Example: My lover's got humor
She's the giggle at a funeral

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A poetic literary device in which non-human things are given human traits.
Example: The leaves danced in the wind.

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A figure of speech that is an extreme exaggeration for emphasis or comic effect.
Example: "I'm so hungry, I could eat a cow."

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The idea that things represent other things. (video)
Example: Harry's lighting bolt-shaped scar symbolizes the attempt on his life by Lord Voldemort and the love that saved him.

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A rhetorical term that describes words or phrases that, when placed together, create paradoxes or contradictions. (video)
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The substitution of a less offensive or agreeable expression for an expression that may offend or suggest something unpleasant. (video)
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An object or circumstance from unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly. (video)
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The repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry.
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The repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words in succession whose purpose is to provide an audible pulse that gives a piece of writing a lulling, lyrical, and/or emotive effect. (video)
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What is Alliteration? || Literary Device Lectures

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An element of an artistic work, saying, or idea that has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, even to the point of being trite or irritating. (video)
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Cliché Meaning | Daily vocabulary | Vocabgram

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A widely used saying or expression that contains a figurative meaning that is different from the phrase's literal meaning. (video)
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A pun is an intentional rearrangement or selection of words in order to create humor. (video)
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What is a Pun? Definition with Examples | Figures of Speech

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The irony of something happening that is very different to what was expected.

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A literary and theatrical device in which the reader or audience knows more than the characters they are following.

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Representation of persons in narrative and dramatic works.

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The writer makes direct statements about a character's personality and tells the reader or viewer what the character is like.

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A type of literary device that reveals details about a character without stating them explicitly.

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A type of character who remains largely the same throughout the course of the storyline.

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One who learns a lesson or changes as a person.

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Two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of work.

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A character in a fictional work with depth or a complex personality.

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The study and uses of written, spoken and visual language.

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The character or emotions of a speaker or writer that are expressed in the attempt to persuade an audience.

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To persuade an audience by purposely evoking certain emotions to make them feel the way the author wants them to feel.

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To appeal to the audiences' sense of reason or logic.