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  • Foreshadowing
    the use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur; hints about the future events
  • Allusion
    a reference to a well-known person, place, event, and literary work
  • 3rd Person Limited Point of View
    when a voice outside the story tells the story, but only through one character’s eyes
  • literal meaning of a word
    denotation
  • Conflict
    a struggle between two opposing forces
  • 3rd Person Omniscient Point of View
    all-knowing third person narrator who can tell readers what any character thinks or feels
  • 3rd Person Limited Point of View
    when a voice outside the story tells the story, but only through one character’s eyes
  • Theme
    central message or insight of life revealed
  • Narrator
    a speaker or character who tells a story
  • literal meaning of a word
    denotation
  • 1st Person Point of View
    when a character in the story tells the story
  • a short summary of an event; short stories that illustrate a greater point
    anecdote
  • Flashback
    a section of a literary work that interrupts the sequence of events to relate an event from an earlier time
  • 1st Person Point of View
    when a character in the story tells the story
  • figurative meaning of a word
    connotation
  • Suspense
    feeling of curiosity or uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work
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