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setting X   where a story takes place  
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Mood X   the mood is usually determined by the setting; how the story makes you feel  
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theme X   the author's lesson or message  
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Conflict X   A problem  
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internal conflict X   the conflict is created when a character must make a difficult decision  
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person vs. self X   A difficult decision  
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External conflict X   A conflict caused by an outside force  
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man vs. man X   conflict between two people  
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man vs. fate X   one person in conflict with any force of nature  
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man vs. nature X   dealing with mother nature, weather, animals, and even death  
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Plot X   sequence of events  
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exposition X   all background information is given  
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Narrative hook X   setting, characters, ETC..  
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climax X   point of highest interest; the turning point  
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conclusion X   all events leading to a conclusion resolution ending  
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narrator X   "person" telling the story-not the author  
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tone X   narrator/ authors attitude towards the story  
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point of view X   relationship between narrator and reader  
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1st person X   narrator is part of the story  
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3rd limited X   narrator tells story from 1st persons view  
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3rd omniscient X   all knowing narrator; not bound by time or place  
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characters X   "people" in the story  
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major X   main/most important characters  
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protagonist X   is mostly the good guy in the story, or hero  
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antagonist X   the opposite of the protoganist, the bad guy in the story  
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minor X   "supporting" characters  
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dynamic character X   character who changes in the story  
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static character X   character who does not change at all  
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indirect characterization X   personality is revealed by thoughts or action  
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direct characterization X   the narrator tells you about a character  
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symbol X   something that represents/ stands for something  
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irony X   difference between appearance and reality  
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foreshadowing X   hints about what would happen later in a story  
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flash back X   narrator tells about something that happened in the past  
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simile X   camparison of 2 unlike things using "like" or "as"; direct comparison  
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metaphor X   comparison of 2 unlike things by saying 1 is the other; indirect comparison  
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personification X   comparison to non-human things  
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Rising action X   main problem/ conflict is revealed  
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Falling action X   all of the action in a play that follows the turning point  
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