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Round character

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Multi dimensional character, different sides to her personality

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Static character

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Stays the same throughout the entire story

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Dynamic character

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Changes in important ways as story progresses (more than just appearance)

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Flat character

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One dimensional, one sided personality

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Motivation

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Reason why character acts or thinks

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Technical climax

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Turning point in the story (problem solved)

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Conflict

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First dot on chart; Problem in the story

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Complications

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Second dot on chart; little problems in the way to solve big problem

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Foreshadowing

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Hints or clues suggesting what might happen later

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Suspense

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Edge of your seat, leaves you wanting more

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Flashback

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Scene that takes place in a time before the story to explain detail

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Subplots

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Plots that are apart of the larger story; not as important

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Protagonist

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Main character facing conflict

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Antagonist

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Character causing a problem

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Parallel episode

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Storyteller repeats main outline of an episode several times

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Setting

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Time, place in which events of the story are happening

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Theme

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Lesson the story teaches; the point the story is trying to make

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Point of view

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How the story is being told

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1st person

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Narrator refers to themselves as I

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2nd person

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Narrator is addresses “you”; talks to you

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3rd person objective

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Narrator isn’t a character and doesn’t know anything

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3rd person omniscient

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Narrator isn’t a character but knows everything

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3rd person limited

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Narrator isn’t apart of the story but knows the thoughts of one person

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