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Final JeopardyThe GameThe Game

Final Final

Jeopardy

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This is the highest point of interest and the turning point of the story.  The reader

wonders what will happen next; will the conflict be resolved or not?

Climax

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The events and complications begin to resolve themselves.  The reader knows what has

happened next and if the conflict was resolved or not (events between climax and conclusion).

Falling Action

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The beginning of the story where the characters and the setting is revealed.

Introduction

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This is the final outcome or untangling of events in the story. Also called the

denouement.

The Conclusion

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This is where the events in the story become complicated and the conflict in the story is revealed

(events between the introduction and climax).

Rising Action

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The author tells the story in the third person.  It appears as though a camera is following the characters,

going anywhere, and recording only what is seen and heard.  There is no comment on the characters or their thoughts. No

interpretations are offered.  The reader is placed in the position of spectator without the author there to explain.  The reader

has to interpret events on his own.

Omniscient Objective

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The story is told through the eyes of a child (his/her judgment being different from that

of an adult) .

Innocent EyeInnocent Eye

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The story is told  by the protagonist or one of the characters who interacts closely with the protagonist or other characters (using pronouns I, me, we, etc). 

The reader sees the story through this person's eyes as he/she experiences it and only knows what he/she

knows or feels.

First Person

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The author tells the story in third person (using pronouns they, she, he, it, etc).  We know only what

the character knows and what the author allows him/her to tell us. We can see the thoughts and

feelings of characters if the author chooses to reveal them to us.

Omniscient Limited

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The story is told so that the reader feels as if they are inside the head of one character

and knows all their thoughts and reactions.

Stream of Consciousness

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A struggle with a force outside one's self.

External Conflict

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The leading character struggles with his physical strength against other men, forces

of nature, or animals.

Person vs Person (physical)

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The leading character struggles against fate, or the circumstances of

life facing him/her.

Person vs Cirmcumstances (classical)

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The leading character struggles against ideas, practices, or customs of other people.

Person vs Society (social)

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The leading character struggles with himself/herself; with his/her own soul, ideas of

right or wrong, physical limitations, choices, etc.

Person vs Himself/Herself (psychological)

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The time and location in which a story takes place.

The Setting.

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The sequence of events in a story.

The Plot.

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This element is essential to the plot. It isthe opposition of forces which ties one

incident to another and makes the plot move.

Conflict

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The one character that is clearly central to the story with all major events having some

importance to this character

The protagonist

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The angle from which the story is told.

Point of View (p.o.v.)

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The opposer to the main character.

The Antagonist

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The controlling idea or central insight in a piece of fiction.  It is the author's

underlying meaning, message or main idea.

The Theme

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This is the contrast between what is said and what is meant. In other

words, sarcasm.

Verbal Irony

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A character, an action, a setting, or an object representing something else

A symbol or symbolism

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Flashback

This is a writers’ technique in which the author interrupts the plot of the story to recreate an

incident of an earlier time (goes back in time; like giving the reader a memory). 

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This is the contrast between what the character thinks to be true and what we (the reader) know to be true.  Sometimes as we read we are placed in the position of knowing more than what one character

knows.  Think Soap Operas!

Dramatic Irony

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This is a writers’ technique in which the author provides clues or hints as to what is going to

happen later in the story.  It’s like the music in a scary movie when we know that something

bad is about to happen.

Foreshadowing

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This is the most common in literature.  It is the contrast between what happens and what was

expected (or what would seem appropriate).  Ie. A fire station burning down.

Situational Irony

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What feeling is created at throughout the story?  Is it bright and cheerful or

dark and frightening?

Mood or atmosphere

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When an author makes reference to history, the Bible, literature or current

events recognized by society.

Allusion

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The information the author gives the reader about the characters themselves.  The author may reveal a character in

several ways: a)  his/her physical appearance

b)  what he/she says, thinks, feels and dreams c)  what he/she does or does not do

d)  what others say about him/her and how others react to him/her

Characters are convincing if they are:  consistent, motivated, and life-like (resemble real people)

Characterization

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A literary device in which the authorevokes pity or sadness in the reader.

Pathos

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