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| foreshadowing | hints or clues the author gives of action yet to come |
| flashback | an interruption of the chronological order of events to put in an event that happened at an earlier time |
| conclusion | the ending to the story |
| symbol | a person, place, event, or object that has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well |
| irony of situation | a contrast between what is expected to happen and what really does happen |
| round character | characters who have more than one side to their personalities; they are usually very complex and the reader knows a lot about them |
| flat character | a character who is one-dimensional or who exhibits basically one dominant trait or quality (generally the reader doesn't know a lot about this type of character) |
| protagonist | main character whose will maintains the conflict |
| antagonist | the force opposing the main character |
| empathy | a reader's identifying with a character (you can put yourself in their shoes) |
| theme | the underlying meaning of a story |
| dramatic irony | when the reader or audience know more than the characters in the story do |
| simile | a figure of speech that compares 2 unlike things using "like" or "as" |
| metaphor | a figure of speech that makes an implied comparison between 2 unlike things |
| imagery | the use of words or phrases that appeal to the readers' senses |
| novel | a long piece of narrative fiction where the plot is more involved & the characters are more complex |
| setting | the time and place of a story |
| conflict | the main problem in a story |
