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Plot Structures

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show Cause:Why something happens Effect: What happens as a result  
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Foreshadowing   show
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show Flashbacks are used to bring the reader's mind to something that has already happened.  
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show A short tale usually with animal characters, told to illustrate a morale, or point out how people should think or behave.  
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Folktale   show
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Fairy tale   show
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show A story, often partially true, about a hero and events that supposidly occurred in the distant past.  
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show A story that often deals with gods, or goddesses, it may explain the origins of natural phonomena  
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show A story written to be performed by actors for an audience.  
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Poetry   show
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Satire   show
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show A brief work of fictional narrative prose  
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Tall Tale   show
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Realistic Fiction   show
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Survival   show
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show A story where a question is to be answered; includes elements of suspense  
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show A story written when a new type of government system is in place, often after some type of cataclysmic event  
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Horror   show
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show A story that usually involves ideas of traveling through time, traveling to another universe, or other scientific mysteries.  
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Fantasy   show
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