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Introduction

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Introduces characters and setting

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Plot

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Sequence of events taking place

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Setting

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When and where

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Rising action

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Conflict develops

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Conflict

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Struggle/problems

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Climax

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Most intense action and emotions;the turning point

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Falling action

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Conflict resolves

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Resolution

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Remaining questions answered loose ends tied up

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Denouement

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The events that takes place after the climax( the falling action and resolution combined)

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Internal conflict

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The struggle that takes place in persons mind

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External conflict

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Struggle takes place outside person

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Man vs man

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Against another person

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Man vs nature

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Against force of nature

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Man vs society

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Must break a law

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Man vs self

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A DECISION must be made

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Narration

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The way the story is told

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Point of view

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Who is telling the story-story teller

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First person

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Person in the story is telling the story uses the word I or me

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Third person limited

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From point of view of one character

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Third person omniscient

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Point of view from all knowing observer

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Irony

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When the opposite of what us expected to happen happens

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Verbal irony

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When you say the opposite of what you mean

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Tone

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The AUTHOR’S feelings towards the story

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Mood

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The way the READER feels when reading the story

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Characterization

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The methods the author uses to develop a character in the story

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Direct characterization

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The author directly tells the reader about the character

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Indirect characterization

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The author uses the character’s action,speech,or other characters’ reactions to the character to tell about the character

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Theme

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The message the author wants to get across to the reader

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Static

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Doesn’t change

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Dynamic

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Does change

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Foreshadowing

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Hints and clues about action that will take place later on in the story.( not next paragraph)

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Imagery

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Language that appeals to any dense it any combination of sentences: sight,sound,smell,taste,touch

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