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The central character or leading figure in a text

• Point of view

• Antagonist

• Symbol

• Protagonist

Techniques a writer uses to create and develop a character

• Foreshadowing

• Point of view

• Characterization

• Setting

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work

• Point of view

• Allusion

• Symbol

• Foreshadowing

A person, place, or thing that represents something beyond itself

• Symbol

• Simile

• Allusion

• Antagonist

The central idea of a text; the message

• Conflict

• Flashback

• Theme

• Allusion

"The graffiti-painted garbage truck roared like a lion as it took off down the street."

• Flashback

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Simile

A comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as"

• Plot

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Characterization

Ponyboy Curtis in S.E. Hinton's book, The Outsiders

• Protagonist

• Flashback

• Mood

• Antagonist

"Treat others the way you want to be treated"

• Conflict

• Metaphor

• Flashback

• Theme

An interruption of time to present something that occurred before the beginning of the story

• Plot

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Allusion