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4759064096anticlimaxan effect that spoils the climax0
4759064587archetypea pattern, character type, image, symbol, or motif that recurs consistently enough in literature to be considered universal1
4759068590characterizationthe method by which an author creates the appearance and personality of characters2
4759069877confidantesomeone the protagonist talks to, enabling the audience/reader to become aware of the protagonist's motivation3
4759072286dystopiaan undesirable imaginary society4
4759073036explication de textethe detailed analysis or close reading of verse or prose5
4759073931incidentan event or episode that moves the plot forward6
4759074905motifa recurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object, or situation that appears in a literary work or throughout various works7
4759077765motivationthe impulses and circumstances that cause a character to act, think, or feel a certain way8
4759078883narrative voicethe attitude, personality, or character of the narrator9
4759079854point of viewthe vantage point from which a story is told; the eye and mind through which the action is perceived and filtered10
47590826801st person povstory is told by a character who uses the 1st person pronoun "I" (no insight is given into other characters' thoughts or motives)11
47590863233rd person objective povcharacters' behavior and actions are not interpreted; no private thoughts or feelings are revealed; the reader only experiences the characters' words and actions12
47590923873rd person omniscient povnarrator is free to tell what characters think and feel and why they act as they do13
47590968223rd person limited povnarrator tells only what one character feels, thinks, sees, or hears14
4759101249reliabilitythe extent to which a narrator can be trusted or believed15
4759101910stereotypea character who represents a trait generally attributed to a social or racial group16
4759103265subplota secondary series of events that are subordinate to the main story17
4759104392suspensequality that makes the reader or audience tense or uncertain about the outcome of events18
4759105927suspension of disbeliefthe demand made of an audience/reader to use imagination and accept limits of reality, staging, and plot19
4759108856symbolanything that represents something beyond itself (one things stands for another)20
4759109838themethe message about life and the human experience that is sent via a literary work; the life lesson portrayed through reading a literary work21
4759112148utopiaa desirable, imaginary society22

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