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EXPOSITION   Beginning of story char, setting (time, place), conflict  
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INCITING INCIDENT   Kick-off; without it, there is NO story  
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BUMP   Peak in the rising action caused by a complication  
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RISING ACTION   Gradual increase of intensity in the plot  
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CLIMAX   Highest point of tension  
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DENOUEMENT RESOLUTION   Comes after the climax – where the loose ends are tied up  
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FORESHADOWING   Hints about what will happen  
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SYMBOL   Something concrete that represents an idea  
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METAPHOR   The “IS” comparison --You are an angel.  
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SIMILE   Like or as – You act like an angel.  
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PERSONIFICATION   Giving human characteristics to something that is not human  
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MYTHOLOGICAL ALLUSION   Reference to a god, goddess, place, etc.  
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BIBLICAL ALLUSION   Reference to a person, a text, a story from the Bible  
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HISTORICAL ALLUSION   Reference to a battle, president, war, revolution, etc.  
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VERBAL IRONY   When you mean the opposite of what you say (sarcasm)  
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SITUATIONAL IRONY   When you expect something to happen and the opposite occurs  
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DRAMATIC IRONY   When the audience knows what the characters don’t  
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THEME   The underlying meaning  
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PROTAGONIST   The main character; the character with the conflict  
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ANTAGONIST   The force that opposes the protagonist  
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INTERNAL CONFLICT   Man vs. self Man vs. societe Man vs. nature  
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EXTERNALCONFLICT   Man vs. man Man vs. society Man vs. obstacle  
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SITUATIONAL IRONY   When you expect something to happen and the opposite occurs  
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DRAMATIC IRONY   When the audience knows what the characters don’t  
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THEME   The underlying meaning  
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PROTAGONIST   The main character; the character with the conflict  
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ANTAGONIST   The force that opposes the protagonist  
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INTERNAL CONFLICT   Man vs. self Man vs. nature Man vs. society  
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EXTERNALCONFLICT   Man vs. man Man vs. society Man vs. obstacle  
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Affable   1. pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite: an affable and courteous gentleman. showing warmth and friendliness; benign; pleasant: an affable smile.  
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Amenity   Pleasures, not vital for life  
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Condone   o disregard or overlook (something illegal, objectionable, or the like). To excuse  
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Deplorable   Causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable: the deplorable death of a friend. Bad Manners, you have deplorable manners  
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Disarming   removing or capable of removing hostility, suspicion, etc., as by being charming: a disarming smile.  
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Droll   amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.  
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Elude   to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade: to elude capture.  
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Imperative   absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave.  
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Quarry   an animal or bird hunted or pursued.  
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Scruple   a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.  
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Solicitously   anxious or concerned (usually fol. by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health  
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Stamina   strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.  
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Tangible   capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.  
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Uncanny   having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary: uncanny accuracy; an uncanny knack of foreseeing trouble.  
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Zealous   full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent.  
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