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Based on logic or reason

The table danced across the room during the earthquake

A reference to a well-known person, event, or place from history, music, art, or another literary work

A narrator who tells a story from one person’s point of view: unbiased point of view of only one character.

Events occur that complicate the plot; characters struggle with the conflict, which may be internal or external

The event or decision that begins a story's problem

Images such as metaphors and similes that describe one thing in terms of another; not meant to be taken literally

Time marches on

The events that make up a story

When the audience knows something that the characters do not know

The point of greatest interest or suspense in a story; the turning point, when the action reaches its peak.

Any object, animal, event, person, or place that represents itself but also stands for something else

Based on the character of the speaker

Hints or clues that suggest further action

Knows all the thoughts, actions, and feelings of ALL characters.

I felt as if I was in a monstrous spider web

The central character, the one who is involved in the main conflict of the story and the one who moves the actions along

The author’s attitude toward the text

The perspective from which the story is told, also known as POV

Busy as a bee

I have a million things to do today

A literary work’s central idea or main message about life; usually, not stated directly but left to the reader to define

Characters and setting are introduced, and the conflict begins to unfold

Based on emotion

When someone says something other than what they mean

The author reveals a character’s attributes through his/her actions, dialogue, and interactions with others

A story, in a written or spoken format, is narrated by one character at a time, speaking for and about themselves.

The feeling of uncertainty or anxiety about the outcome of certain actions

The end of the story, when the conflict is resolved, and loose ends are tied up

An interruption in the plot events to relate an earlier event

The prevailing atmosphere or feeling in the story

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

The events between the climax and the resolution

Here, here! —It is the beating of his hideous heart

The author reveals a character’s attributes by stating them directly