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analogy: a long comparison, using many sentences, of two unlike things
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atmosphere: certain words display a certain atmosphere- sunny gloomy scary
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climax: the decisive point, highest point of interest, usually determines what will happen in the rest of the story, but sometimes it can be a surprise ending
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conflict: kinds of struggles: man vs man man vs God man vs nature man vs self man vs world
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Elements: characters, setting, conflict, plot, climax, and theme
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first person: author pretends he is one of the characters, written in first person
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flashback: interruptions of the narrative to show an episode that happened before the story opened
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foreshadowing: hints or clues that something exciting is going to happen
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Good fiction gives us insight into life. It gives us enjoyment, tells a good story, but more importantly it tells us why people act the way they do, and it helps us to better understand ourselves.: Why study fiction?
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irony: a contrast of what ought to be and what actually is; opposite of what is expected
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limited omniscient: 3rd person, viewpoint of one character, knowing everything about one's actions and dreams
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metaphor: comparing 2 unlike things not using the word like or as
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narrative manner: the way the story is told
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objective: author becomes a recording camera, tells about what the characters say and do, but not that they think
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omniscient: all knowing, 3rd person, knows about all the characters
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personification: giving life-like characteristics to nonliving things
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plot: The events that make up the structure of a story always involves situations and complications
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Short Story: Form of a narrative. Compressed has fewer characters, situations, and details than longer works such as novels. fictitious but may be based on facts.
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simile: comparing 2 unlike things using the word like or as
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symbolism: the use of symbols to represent something- red rainbow death
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theme: the message about life the author is trying to make
ex: good usually wins over evil, death should not be feared
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time place atmosphere or mood: setting
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what he does, thinks, says, what other characters say and think about him,direct statements and descriptions: The reader knows what a character is like by:
