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| Character Development | The change in a character from the begfinning to the conclusion of the story |
| Characterization | the way a writer shows what a character is like. the way a character speaks, acts, thinks and looks characterizes that person |
| Conflict | a struggle or difference of opinion between characters, sometimes with nature |
| Inner Conflict | a struggle that takes place in the mind of a character |
| motive | the reason behind a character's actions |
| plot | the series of incidents or ahppenings in a story. The plot is the outline or arrangement of events |
| point of view | the perspective from whlich a story is told |
| protagonist | the main character in a lterary work |
| setting | the time and place of the action in a story; where and when the action takes place |
| Symbolism | when objects or actions mean more than themselves; the use of symbols, persons, acts, or things that have both literal significance and additional abstract meanings. |
| Theme | the main or centra idea of a story; the underlying message that the author is trying to convey |