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Sequence of incidents or actions in a story
What is Plot
100
General mood or feeling
What is Atmosphere
100
Direct-tells us explicitly what the charater are like. Indirect-shows us the charater's personality
What is Direct and Indirect Charaterization
100
Broad generalzations fixed about people
What is Stock Charaters or Stereotypes
100
Vantage point from which the story is told
What is Point of View
200
Struugle against opposing forces that the amin character undergoes
What is Conflict
200
The use of clues that hint at what will happen later in a story
What is Foreshadowing
200
Dynamic :changes; static: remains the same
What is Dynamic and Static Charaters
200
Time and place of a story's action
What is Setting
200
All knowing narrator
What is Omniscient Point of View
300
Point at which the outcome of the conflict is decided
What is Climax
300
Sense of uncertainly or anxiety about the outcome of events
What is Suspense
300
Colorful language; not considered standard usage
What is Slang and Informal English
300
Speech, dress, customs, and scenery associated with certain places
What is Local Color
300
Language that is used to describe one thing in terms of something else; language not to be taken literally
What is Figurative Language
400
End of the story when one side or other finnally triumphs
What is Resolution
400
Inner story helps reader understand a character or idea
What is Story Within a Story
400
Reason charaters act the way they do
What is Motivation
400
Intentionally vague details
What is Ambiguity
400
An "I" tells the story
What is First-Person Point of View
500
Figure of speech; compares two things that are basically unalike
What is Metaphor
500
Persons in a work of literature
What is Character
500
Something inhuman is given human charateristics
What is Personification
500
Denotations: stric dictionary definitions; cannotation: feelings and associations that are attached to the literal meaning
What is Denotation and Connotation
500
Language used in a geographical region or by a group of people
What is Dialect
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