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Plot

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A series of connected incidents

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Fictional Narrative

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A vehicle of meaning: an extended metaphor that implies correspondence with life.

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Flashback

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A summary of earlier events in a story

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In medias res

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When an epic poem begins in “the middle” of things

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Ad terminum rerum

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A story that begins at “the end”

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Exposition

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Essential background information

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Summary method

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When the author presents information directly to the reader

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Scenic method

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When the exposition is “acted out” by characters and through incidents

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Conflict

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The problem in a story

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Protagonist

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The chief character of a story

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Antagonist

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The opposing character

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Mystery

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When a writer sustains interest by withholding information from the reader while tantalizing curiosity

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Dramatic Irony

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When the writer sustains interest by giving the reader knowledge concerning a situation or outcome unknown to the characters so that the behavior of the characters seems absurd with this new information

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Foreshadowing

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An anticipation of the outcome by hints

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Rising action

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When new situations complicate the plot

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Crisis

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A circumstance or choice that brings a reversal of fortune in a story

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Climax

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The point of highest emotional intensity usually near the turning point of the action

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Falling action

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When the consequences of the crisis unfold

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Resolution or Denouement

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When the falling action ends and the action reaches a state of equilibrium

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Character

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Tools used by the writer to create plot

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Flat characters

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Characters with little individuality

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Round characters

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Characters presented with a more fully developed interior life and often with psychological complexity

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Static Character

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A character that remains unchanged throughout the story

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Developing character

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A character that changes throughout a story

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Initiation

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An experience through which a character comes to an understanding that marks a stage in his development toward maturity.

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Point of view

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The angle from which a story is told

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First person narration

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A story that is told personally, by a narrator speaking in the first person. Either a character or the author can be narrators.

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Third person narration

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When the story is told not by a narrator but in the manner of an impersonal historical account. No narrative voice heard.

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Omniscient

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When the author or narrator is all knowing

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Limited

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When the author or narrator’s scope of knowledge is limited

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Intrusive

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When the author interrupts with comment in his own person and with his own voice

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Unintrusive

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When the reader is not conscious of the author’s speaking voice.

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Central

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Where the story is told in a limited point of view through the awareness of the main character

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Peripheral

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Where the story is told through the awareness of a minor character

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Objective

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Where everything is viewed from the outside, and there is no access to the mind of any of the characters

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Setting

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The time and place in which a story takes place

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Atmosphere

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The emotion pervading a story

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Tone

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The emotion a reader is meant to share with the author

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Closet drama

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When drama is read as if it were being acted

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Soliloquy

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When an actor is alone on stage speaking

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Aside

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When an actor speaks within earshot of other characters supposedly unable to hear

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Author of Son from America

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Isaac Singer

He was Jewish

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Author of The Sire De Maletroit’s Door

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Robert Stevenson

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Author of Appointment with Love

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S. I. Kishor

Jewish woman

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Author of Miss Brill

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Katherine Mainsfield

Died an early age

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Author of Blues Ain’t No Mockin’ Bird

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Toni Bambara
He was black
written to support racial equality

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Author of The Most Dangerous Game

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Richard Connell

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