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

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Exposition is a literary device that is meant to relay background information about a main character, setting, event or other element of the narrative

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a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.

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the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something

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the period after the dramatic confrontation of the climax.

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The end of a story

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The protagonist works toward the central story goals, while the antagonist works against the goals

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The conflict is the problem in a story

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Internal conflict is when a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs. It happens within them, and it drives their development as a character,

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External conflict                                                                       Man vs Man                                                                                                                                                           

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External conflict                                                                       Man vs Man                                                                                                                                                           

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External conflict is a struggle that takes place between the main character and some outside force. Therefore, it is outside the body of the protagonist.

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External Conflict                                                                          Man vs Society 

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External Conflict                                                                          Man vs Society 

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when a protagonist has a strong belief against the majority of the community or surroundings and decides to act on it

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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 of a story

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Understanding theme | Reading | Khan Academy

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Diction refers to the linguistic choices a writer makes to effectively convey an idea, a point of view, or tell a story.

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the set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence

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DENOTATION: The direct definition of the word that you find in the dictionary.
CONNOTATION: The emotional suggestions of a word, that is not literal

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DENOTATIONS & CONNOTATIONS | English Lesson

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The authors attitude toward a subject while writing

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Analyzing tone through word choice | Reading | Khan Academy

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A mood is 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 flashback is a scene that takes place before a story begins

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When the author gives hints at something happening before it actually happens

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Parallelism is the repetition of grammatical elements in a piece of writing to create a harmonious effect

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Parallel structure | Syntax | Khan Academy

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the way the story is being wrote or told

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First person vs. Second person vs. Third person - Rebekah Bergman

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the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view. The narration usually utilizes the pronoun I (or we, if the narrator is speaking as part of a group).

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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. The reader is immersed into the narrative as a character involved in the story. The narrator describes what "you" do and lets you into your own thoughts and background.

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the narrator reports the events that take place without knowing the motivations or thoughts of any of the characters. We know little about what drives them until we hear them speak or observe their actions.

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Focusing a third-person narration through the eyes of a single character.

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This is a common form of third-person narration in which the teller of the tale, who often appears to speak with the voice of the author himself, assumes an omniscient (all-knowing) perspective on the story being told: diving into private thoughts, narrating secret or hidden events, ...

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irony occurs in literature and in life whenever a person says something or does something that departs from what they (or we) expect them to say or do.

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What is Irony? Definition and Its Types with Examples.

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verbal irony is a statement in which the speaker's words are incongruous with the speaker's intent.

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What is verbal irony? - Christopher Warner

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

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Dramatic irony, 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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In on a secret? That's dramatic irony - Christopher Warner

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Direct comparison of tow UNLIKE things using "like" or "as"

McBride fell 12 stories, hitting pavement like hefty bag filled with vegetable soup

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Metaphor:
A direct comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"
EX: she's the giggle at a funeral

Extended Metaphor:
A version of metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry

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Giving a non-human things human characteristics
EX: The leaves danced in the wind

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EXTREME exaggeration
EX: its a slow burg-I spent a couple weeks there on day

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A literary device that uses symbols, be they words, people, marks locations, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning.

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A rhetorical term that describes words or phrases that, when placed together, create paradoxes or contradictions.

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Oregon State University - School of Writing, Literature and Film

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"What is an Oxymoron?": A Literary Guide for English Students and Teachers

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A euphemism is an appropriate expression used in the place of a phrase or words that may be found inappropriate or offensive.

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llusions are generally regarded as brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature.

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in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible

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in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible

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a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.

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Cliché Meaning | Daily vocabulary | Vocabgram

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a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words

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

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A joke that isn't funny/A play on words

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What is a Pun? Definition with Examples | Figures of Speech

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The skillful use of words to persuade or influence others is called rhetoric

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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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Pathos, or the appeal to emotion, means 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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Logos, or the appeal to logic, means to appeal to the audiences' sense of reason or logic.

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Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.

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Direct characterization, also known as explicit characterization, consists of the author telling the audience what a character is like.

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indirect characterization, on the other hand, consists of the author showing the audience what kind of person a character is through the character's thoughts, words, and deeds.

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A literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop.

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A literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop.

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A flat character is a two-dimensional character lacking depth or a real personality. Usually, flat characters have just one or two perfunctory traits.

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