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The events which have occurred before the story takes place.
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Antecedent action
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4 types of short stories
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Theme, plot, character, setting
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Believeable or plausable characters, they must be consistent
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Plausible character
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Characters that are as complex as real people
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Round character
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Characters that are built around a single idea or quality, they add dimension to a round character
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Flat character
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A character that undergoes radical change in the story, the protagonist
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Dynamic/developing character
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A character that remains the same throughout the story
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Static character
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Typical character types that occur again and again
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Stock/stereotype characters
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The reasons WHY a character behaves the way they do
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Motivation
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An obstacle in which the protagonist must overcome to achieve the goal
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Complication
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The highest point of action in the story, where conflict is solved and the out come is known
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Climax
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The french word for "unknotting", the end of the story in which the author ties up loose ends
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Denouement
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Two choices a character faces where both outcomes are unfavourable
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Dilemma
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Literature written purely for entertainment
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Escape literature
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The environment or surroundings of the : author, story, and the reader
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Milieu/Setting
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