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• theme Topics that are discussed in a novel, or short story, for e.g. love, friendship, religion, apartheid
• motif Different situations in the novel which gives you clues about what the/a theme could be, for e.g. how Trevor was born a crime, that the schools where divided/classes divided based
• protagonist The main character, if the main character is nice, then the antagonist is usually not nice to highlight the protagonists personal traits even more.
• antagonist The opposite of the protagonist
• character/ main character The person who the story is about is the main character, but every person in a novel or any literary piece of work is a character
• plot What the story is about
• dialogue If there are two characters, or more, who are talking to each other
• monologue One person talking to themselves, for e.g. “To be or not to be”
• conflict A problem that needs to be resolved, the main issue that drives the story forward
• narrator The person who is telling the story, the perspective of the story, for e.g. “I did something ….” (first person) “He then decided to …” (third person, all-knowing)
• point of view From whose perspective a story is told
• genre Fantasy, thriller, drama, biography, autobiography, romantic, comedy, tragedy
• biography When someone else describes someone’s life, for e.g. if you write about a historical figure
• autobiography Someone who is writing about themselves and their own life

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