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a 2nd plot (usually minor characters); usually resolved by events that figure into the main plot

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speaker

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The voice used by an author to tell a story or speak a poem. The speaker is often a created identity, and should not automatically be equated with the author's self. See also narrator, persona, point of view.

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foreshadowing

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prepping the reader for the future; hints

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narrative pace

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the speed (ex: quickly, slowly) of the story/novel/poem

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dialogue

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exchange of words between characters

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flashback

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scene that interrupts present action to depict earlier event

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projection into future/flash forward

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glimpses of the future; often creates suspense/curiosity

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rhetorical questions

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persuasive technique; questions that need no answer because its goal is to make you think, get it?

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parallel scenes

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an invitation to compare/contrast different elements in the story

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point of view

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the person or intelligence a writer creates to tell the story

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interior monologue

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the stream of consciousness revelation of a character's internal thoughts; often relies on sub linguistic level (images and connotations reveal thoughts).

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denouement

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final revelations that occur after the main conflict is resolved

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narrator

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speaker of the story. Types: first ("I"; usually a major participant in the action; sometimes unreliable), second (rare), third limited (limited to one or only a few characters' thoughts/feelings), third omniscient (reliable, but can conceal or reveal at will)

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frame story

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story that contains another story/stories. Usually significant to the main story

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gaps

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blanks in text that must be filled in by readers (is it really there, or is it a product of different readers' perceptions?)

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stream of consciousness

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attempts to reproduce the full and uninterrupted flow of a character's mental process, in which ideas, memories, and sense impressions mingle without logical transitions. Need not use conventional grammar.

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persona (mask)

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"actor's mask"; 1st person narrator in fiction/poetry. View may differ from author's.

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