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book ending

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stating and ending a piece of literature with the same word, sentence,event, or idea

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frame narrative

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when a story is told within a story, often through different perspectives and forms (e.g. letters, diary entries or word of mouth)

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chronological

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when events are told in the order they occur

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cyclical

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when the same sequence of events repeats throughout a story

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exposition

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information provided through stage directions, narration, dialogue, or description, used to introduce the audience to a critical background info

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in media res

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starting in the middle of action

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parallelism

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using components that are similar in grammar, structure or meaning within a sentence or multiple sentences or throughout the text as a willie (e.g. he came, he saw)

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refrain

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a word, phrase or sentence that is repeated through text

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tricolon

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three parallel clauses, words, or phrases in quick succession (eye it, try it, buy it)

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