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COMMON LITERARY ELEMENTS

PLOT

CONFLICT

RESOLUTION

CLIMAX

CRISIS

CHARACTER

TRANSFORMATION

REVERSAL

PROTAGONIST

ANTAGONIST

SECONDARY CHARACTERS

CONTRASTING CHARACTERS

SETTING

CONTRASTING SETTINGS

NARRATOR / POINT OF VIEW

1ST PERSON PARTICIPANT

1ST PERSON OBSERVER

2ND PERSON

3RD PERSON OMINISCIENT

3RD PERSON LIMITED OMNISCIENT

3RD PERSON OBJECTIVE

REPETITION

 

CONTRAST

 

SYMBOL

FLASHBACK

DIALOGUE

 

METAPHOR

 

SIMILE

ALLEGORY

 

IMAGERY

FORESHADOWING

IRONY

 

TONE

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