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the time and place where the story takes place
Setting
the people or animals that take part in the stories sction
Characters
the perspective of a character, frst, second, or third
Point of View
what the characters say; often portrayed with quotation marks
Dialogue
obvious exaggeration
Hyperbole
a true statement
Fact
the sequence of events that make up a story
Plot
a message about life that the story conveys to it
. Theme
the overall atmosphere
Mood
what the author used to set the mood
Tone
a two or three word phrase that contains opposite ideas or words
Oxymoron
chronological order in which things happen
Sequence Order
the conclusion or solution to the story
Resolution
longer stories made up of the same elements of Short Stories, and has subplots
Novel
physical or personal things about the character that makes them stand out
Character Traits
the turning point; the major event/decision
Climax
hinting on something that will happen in the future
Foreshawdowing
leaning toward one side of a matter because of past experiences
Bias
to take the main idea and important details and tell about the story
Summarize
the narrator is outside of the story but only sees the events through the eyes of one character; uses the pronouns he or she
Limited Third Person Point of View
author tells about the character, no inference needed
Direct Characterization
central character, usually the hero or heroine/female hero
Protagonist
the type of characters that change, grow, or learn something by the end of the story
Dynamic Characters
a problem inside someone's head; i.e. a decision
Internal Conflict
one thing that represents another
Symbolism
poem that tells a story; has plot, setting, etc.
Narrative Poetry
because something happens, something else happens
Cause and Effect
the feeling behind a word
Connotation
when the intended meaning of a statement difers from what the words appear or express
verbal irony
to search very closely for information and details
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