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1.)Plot--the action sequence of a narrative; what happens

2.)Theme--the main message of the story

3.)Climax--high point of interest in a story

4.)Exposition--the beginning of a story; setting is created, characters are introduced.

5.)Denouement--the end of a story, after the climax

6.)In Medias Res-a story that begins in the middle of a sequence of events, Previous events are made evident with flashbacks.

7.)Topic--expressed in one or two words; does not express a view of life

8.)Rising action--longest part of the story; where conflicts are introduced.

9.) Falling action--explains the complications of the climax to the reader.

10.)conflict--struggle between opposing forces

11.)Metaphor--a figure of speech in whiich something is spoken of as though it were somethiing else; direct comparison of two unlike things.

12.)Simile--a figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison

13.)Personification--a figure of speech in which something not human is treated as if it were human

14.)Symbolism--the use of something to represent something beyond itself.