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| Setting | the time and place in which the events of a story take place |
| Atmosphere | A dominant emotional enviroment of attitude; mood |
| Characterization | Representation of a character or characters in a story |
| Flashback | action in a story to tell about somehting that happened earlier in time |
| Suspense | The quality in a literary work that makes the reader or audience uncertain or tense |
| Symbol | any person, place or thing which has meaning in itself but which is made to represent something else |
| Irony | A contrast between what is said and what is meant |
| Conflict | The opposition of persons of forces |
| Plot | The sequence of events that takes place in a story |
| Foreshadowing | The use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest action that is to come |
| Narration | the kind of writing or speaking that relates a story; the telling of the story |
| Tone | the attitude the writer takes toward his or her subject. |
| Inference | reasonable conclusion made about something based on certain clues or facts |
| Allusion | A figure of speech that makes reference to a place or event |
| Tragedy | Disastrous event |
