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  • the reason a character does what he or she does
    suspense
    mood
    subplot
    motivation
  • the author shows the reader or audience the character actions, dialogue, thoughts, etc.
    1st person point of view
    3rd person limited p.o.v.
    direct characterization
    indirect characterization
  • a character who changes in an important way because of the story's action
    flat character
    dynamic character
    round character
    static character
  • the end of a story where the conflicts are solved and the story is brought to a close
    conflict 
    crisis
    climax
    resolution
  • the narrator describes the feelings and perceptions of only one character
    3rd person limited p.o.v. 
    1st person p.o.v.
    2nd person p.o.v.
    3rd person omniscient p.o.v.
  • the technique of giving clues to coming events in a narrative
    motivation
    flashback
    foreshadowing
    exposition
  • the feeling or atmosphere a writer creates for a reader
    allusion
    mood
    suspense
    crisis
  • the basic situation of a story; the necessary background information
    theme
    resolution
    setting
    exposition
  • the opposite of what is expected happens
    situational irony
    dramatic irony
    verbal irony
  • the feeling of anxious curiosity a reader has about what's going to happen next
    crisis
    allusion
    suspense
    mood
  • the most intense moment in the plot
    climax
    internal conflict
    crisis
    external confllict
  • a character struggles with an outside force such as another character, force or society
    external conflict
    internal conflict
    climax
    crisis
  • main character in fiction or drama
    stock character
    protagonist
    hero
    antagonist
  • the time and place in which a story takes place
    setting
    symbol
    resolution
    complication
  • the audience knows something that the characters do not know
    steam irony
    situational irony
    dramatic irony
    verbal irony
  • a character who is complex and multidimensional, like a real person
    static character
    round character
    flat character
    dynamic character
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