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flat character

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a one-dimensional character, often revealing a single personal quality and staying the same throughout the story

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character

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a person, animal, thing, or natural force appearing in a lit work

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round character

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a fully developed character who is complex, revealing several sides to his/her personality and growing and changing as the story progresses

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antagonist

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a character who opposes the main character or who is against the main character

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protagonist

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the main character in the story

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setting

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the time and place in which events in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem occur

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plot

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the sequence of events or action in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem

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point of view

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the vantage point from which a narrative is told

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first person

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the story is told by one of the characters in his or her own words—use of first person pronouns

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third person

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the narrator is not a character in the story at all but is telling about the characters in the story—use of third person pronouns

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third person limited

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narrator focuses on only one character

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third person omniscient

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narrator focuses on all the characters

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theme

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the general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to convey in a lit work

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aphorism

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a terse, pointed statement expressing some wise or clever observation about life

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almanac

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a book of months and days for one year with weather predictions, a wide variety of miscellaneous info, and proverbs

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proverb

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a short, often biblical, saying that expresses a basic truth

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epitaph

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an inscription on a tombstone or a short poem written in memory of someone who has died

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rhetorical question

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question suggesting its own answer or not requiring an answer

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parallelism

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the use of phrases, clauses, or sentences that are similar or complementary in structure or in meaning

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repetition

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repetition of words, sounds, or phrases for effect—a sound device in poetry