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Literary elements that must be part of a story or play.
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The time and location of a story.
irony
setting
unreliable narrator
second person point of view
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The struggle or problem that occurs between two opposing forces in a story.
trouble
crisis
conflict
plot
3
A writer's or speaker's choice of words.
point of view
diction
pun
understatement
4
The ultimate conclusion/ending of a story.
third person limited
denouement
climax
Fin
5
The main character.
protagonist
simile
antagonist
theme
6
The force working against the main character
antagonist
flashback
diction
mood
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The ultimate conclusion/ending of a story.
resolution
They lived happily ever after
metaphor
The End
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A series of related events that compose a story.
climax
alliteration
Roald Dahl
plot
9
The action that builds to the climax of the story.
hyperbole
rising action
foreshadowing
personification
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The actions that occur after the climax but before the resolution.
cacophony
falling action
idiom
stuff happens
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The introduction of the setting, characters, and central conflict in the story.
exposition
onomatopoeia
imagery
plot
12
The point in the story when the central conflict is decided.
best part
suspenseful
climax
cacophony
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The feeling or atmosphere created within a story.
mood
allusion
setting
rising action
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A universal message or insight about life that a text reveals.
theme
Main idea
love
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