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  • all events leading up to the climax; introduces the conflict
    rising action
  • the sequence of events in a literary work
    plot
  • feeling of curiosity or uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work
    suspense
  • a section of a literary work that interrupts the sequence of events to relate an event from an earlier time
    Flashback
  • the author directly states the character's traits
    direct characterization
  • conflict where a character struggles against an outside force (nature, technology, person, etc.)
    external conflict
  • conflict that involves a character in conflict with him or herself (emotions/decisions)
    internal conflict
  • the use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur; hints about the future events
    Foreshadowing
  • events that lead to the resolution
    falling action
  • the main character in a literary work
    protagonist
  • when a character in the story tells the story
    1st POV
  • the person or force that opposes or competes against the protagonist
    antagonist
  • the time and place of the story's action
    setting
  • a reference to a well-known person, place, event, and literary work
    Allusion
  • word choice including denotation (literal meanings) and connotation (an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning). The choice of words an author chooses to use.
    diction or word choice
  • when a voice outside the story tells the story, but only through one character's eyes
    Point of View (3rd Limited)
  • it is up to the reader to draw conclusions about the character based on indirect information such as dialogue, action, thoughts or other characters
    indirect characterization
  • a struggle between two opposing forces
    conflict
  • highest point of interest or suspense; the turning point at which the conflict begins to be resolved; the "ah ha" moment
    climax
  • central message or insight of life revealed
    theme
  • a speaker or character who tells a story
    Narrator
  • a conversation between two characters
    dialogue
  • introduces the setting, the characters and the basic situation
    exposition
  • the ordinary form of written language that occurs in two forms: fiction and non-fiction
    prose
  • all loose ends are tied up; conflict solved, etc...
    resolution
  • all-knowing third person narrator who can tell readers what any character thinks or feels
    Point of View (3rd Omniscient)