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Characterization |
The personality of a character and the method by which an author reveals that personality |
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Climax |
The point of the reader's highest interest and greatest emotional involvement in a short story, novel, or play |
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Conflict |
In the plot of a short story, novel, or play; the struggle between two opposing forces A. External conflict occurs when a character struggles against an outside force, such as nature, fate, or another person B. Internal conflict takes place within a character's mind |
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Dialogue |
Conversation between characters in a literary work |
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Narrator |
The person who tells the story A. First- person narrator is a character in the work who tells the story as he or she experiences it |
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Plot |
The sequence of events in a short story, novel, or play |
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Resolution |
The part of the plot that presents the final outcome |
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Setting |
The time and place in which a story, novel, or play occurs |
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Short story |
A brief account in prose of fictional events |
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Theme |
The central idea of literary work |
