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First person   show
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Third person omniscient   show
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Third person limited   show
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show main character  
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show character that opposes the main character  
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Static   show
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show A description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something. This includes how a character speaks, acts, feels, and how other characters talk to/about the character. Often listed as one-word adjectives.  
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Motivation   show
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show The time AND place during which a story is set  
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show The author’s attitude (feelings) toward his/her subject matter, characters, and audience. Tone is interpreted through the author’s choice of words similar to the way a person’s tone of voice adds meaning to what they say.  
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Atmosphere   show
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Mood   show
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show a struggle within a character’s own mind over feelings or a decision  
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External Conflict   show
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Suspense   show
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show The uncertainty or anxiety that a reader feels about what will happen next in the story.  
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show A person, a place, a thing, or an event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well.  
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show Any element of a story that is repeated in different stories at different times. Motifs can be a character, an image, or a storyline!  
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Theme   show
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show The use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the story. Foreshadowing is used to build suspense or anxiety for the reader.  
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show Interruption in the present action of a plot to show events that happened at an earlier time.  
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show what happens is very different from what we expected would happen  
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show a contrast between what is said or written and what is really meant  
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Dramatic Irony   show
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show A reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, the arts, history, religion, mythology, sports,  
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show A comparison of two things that are not alike using words such as “like” or “as.”  
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Metaphor   show
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show Repetition of the same beginning consonant sound of words that are close together.  
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show An object or animal is spoken about as if it had human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.  
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Onomatopoeia   show
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Imagery   show
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show Rhymed poetry is identified by the pattern of the rhyming lines (based upon the last word in the line) and identified by LETTERS  
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Free Verse   show
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Hyperbole   show
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