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show Opposes the main character. Sometimes called a villain.  
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show Persons, animals, or things in a literary work.  
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Climax   show
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show A struggle between opposing forces.  
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Denouement   show
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Exposition   show
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show Character struggles against an outside force: Man vs. Man; Man vs. Nature; Man vs. Society; Man vs. Supernatural; Man vs. Fate.  
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Falling Action   show
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Flat Characters   show
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Foreshadow   show
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show Any divison or type of literature: poetry, prose, and drama.  
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show Character struggles against himself: Man vs. Himself.  
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Irony   show
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show Most important character in a literary work (protagonist).  
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Mood/Atmosphere   show
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Narrative Hook   show
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show The sequence of related events in a literary work.  
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show Narrative Hook, Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution, Denouement  
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show Sometimes called the main character of a piece of literature.  
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show The final outcome of the central conflict.  
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show All events leading up to the climax.  
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Round Characters   show
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show The physical and sometimes historical background against which the action of a narrative takes place.  
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Short Story   show
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show Anything that has a meaning of its own, yet stands for or represents something else.  
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Theme   show
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Fiction   show
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Fantasy   show
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Tone   show
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show Conversation between two characters in a literary work.  
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Narrator   show
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Point Of View   show
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show An interruption in the sequence of events to remember something of the past.  
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Allusion   show
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show The personality a character displays. The means by which an author reveals personality, either directly or indirectly.  
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Denotation   show
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Diction   show
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Direct Characterization   show
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show Characters who experience some change in personality or attitude from the beginning to the end of a story.  
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show An exaggerated comedy that relies of improbable situations, physical humor, and broad.  
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show The reader sees and knows only what the narrator sees and knows. The narrator is limited to his own involvement or experience.  
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Foil   show
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show A story composed orally and the passed from person to person by word of mouth.  
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Prose   show
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Static Characters   show
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show The narrator can tell the reader everything about one character, including what will happen in the future.  
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Third Person P.O.V   show
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Unreliable Narrator   show
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Aside   show
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Epithet   show
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Hero/Heroine   show
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Minor/Secondary Character   show
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Stock/Stereotype Character   show
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show Words use to suggest the opposite of their usual meaning.  
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In Media Res   show
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show To ask for inspiration and guidance from the 9 goddesses of art, science, and literature in telling the story.  
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show Long, drawn out comparison.  
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show A long narrative poem about the adventures of gods or of a hero.  
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show A traditional story of unknown origins, usually with a historical basis, but serving to explain some phenomenon of nature, the origin of man, or the customs, institutions, religions, or rites of a people.  
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show The passing down of stories and legends from generation to generation order to preserve their existence before the written language.  
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show Long, narrative poem that tells a story, The entire story tells the history of the hero's race and nation, Written in elevated style- formal language.  
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show Kingly- high born, shows pride in his own reputation, forceful leader, demonstrates courage, strength, and endurance.  
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