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Point of view

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Relationship of the narrator to the story

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Narrator

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Person telling the story

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Exposition

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Introduces the characters, setting, and conflict

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Rising action

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Adds complications to the conflict

4
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Internal Conflict

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Struggle within the character (fears, emotions)

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External conflict

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Struggle with another person

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Climax

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Point of greatest interest or suspense

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Falling action

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All the events that happen after the climax

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Resolution

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Conclusion or ending of the story

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Dynamic character

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Changes or grows throughput the story

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Static character

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Doesn’t change throughout the story

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Simile

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Comparison of two unlike things using like or as

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Metaphor

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Comparison not using like or as

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration, to make a point

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Stanza

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A section of poetry

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that sounds like what it is

Ex: buzz, ring, pow, boom