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  • minor or additional story line that in some what should enhance, clarify, or parallel the main
    motivation
    mood
    subplot
    allusion
  • the narrator is one of the character; the reader is told only what this character knows 
    3rd person omniscient
    2nd person p.o.v.
    1st person p.o.v.
    3rd person limited p.o.v.
  • a character who is one dimensional and superficial; can be described in a single sentence
    round character 
    dynamic character
    flat character
    static character
  • technique of stopping the chronological action in a story and shifting to an earlier period
    crisis
    allusion
    flashback
    foreshadowing
  • the moment right before the climax when the story's action can go either way 
    external conflict
    climax
    crisis 
    internal conflict
  • a factor added to a story that gives the protagonist a new problem to deal with
    internal conflict
    complication
    external conflict
    crisis
  • a story's main idea or insight into life
    plot
    allusion
    exposition
    theme
  • the author tells the audience or reader about a character
    indirect characterization
    stock character
    direct characterization
    suspense
  • a character struggles with an inside force such as an emotion
    external conflict
    complication
    climax
    internal conflict
  • a reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known literature, etc.
    motivation
    suspense
    crisis
    allusion
  • a character who does not change much or at all during the course of a story
    dynamic character
    static character
    flat character
    round character
  • the all-knowing narrator describes many characters' thoughts, feelings, and actions
    1st person p.o.v.
    3rd person limited p.o.v.
    2nd person p.o.v.
    3rd person omniscient p.o.v.
  • what is said is the opposite of what is meant
    verbal irony
    situational irony
    dramatic irony
    foreshadowing
  • a person, place, thing or event that has meaning in itself, but also stands for something more 
    setting
    crisis
    climax
    symbol
  • character or force that blocks the main character
    antagonist
    protagonist
    stock character
    complication