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Setting

The time and place of a story

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Connotation

the associated feelings a word may call to mind

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Flashback

A method of narration in which present action is temporarily interrupted so that the reader can witness past events

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Foreshadowing

the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot

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What is a Denotation

Dictionary definition of a word

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Exposition

A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.

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Falling action

Events after the climax, leading to the resolution

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Three essentials to a story

 What is Character, Setting, Plot?


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Rising action

the series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax.

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direct and indirect characterization

Direct Characterization tells the audience what the personality of the character is. Indirect Characterization shows things that reveal the personality of a character.

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Climax

Most exciting moment of the story; turning point

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Epic Poetry

A long narrative poem about the adventures of an almost superhuman character

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What is a mood

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

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Tone

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

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What are Complications?

problems that arise as characters struggle to reach their goals or solve a problem

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Inciting force

The action that starts off the main conflict of the story.

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Irony

the opposite of what is expected

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Cause and effect

The reason something happens and the result of it happening

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What is Literal language?

Literal language means exactly what it says

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Figurative language

while figurative language uses similes, metaphors, hyperbole, and personification to describe something often through comparison with something different.

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What is a Soliloquy?

an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

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Mythology

A long narrative poem about the adventures of an almost superhuman character

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Summary

a brief statement or account of the main points of something.

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Resolution

End of the story where loose ends are tied up

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What is an idiom?

Idioms are also a type of figurative language that includes phrases which must be seen from a different perspective than the actual meaning

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