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30 Cards in this Set
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External Conflict |
External conflict is a struggle between an outside force |
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Internal Conflict |
Internal conflict is a struggle within a character's mind |
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Poetry |
Poetry is a type of literature in which words are carefully chosen and arranged to create a certain effect |
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Narrative Poem |
Narrative poem is poetry that tells a story |
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Simile |
Simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as |
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Plot |
Plot is the series of events in a story |
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Short Story |
Short story is a work of fiction that can be read at one sitting and centers on one idea |
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Characters |
Characters are the people, animals, or imaginary creatures that take part in a story |
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Setting |
Setting is the time and place of the action |
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Exposition |
Exposition introduces the setting |
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Resolution |
Resolution ties up loose ends and sometimes offers an unexpected twist before the story ends |
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Climax |
Climax usually occurs toward the end of the story where the conflict is resolved and the outcome of the story usually becomes clear |
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Rising Action |
Rising action is the stage of the plot that develops the conflict of the story |
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Falling Action |
Falling action is the stage of the plot where the story begins to close |
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Suspense |
Suspense is a felling of growing excitement and tension felt by a reader |
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Limited Point of View |
Limited point of view is when the tells the thoughts and feelings of only one character |
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Omniscient Point of View |
Omniscient Point of View is when the narrator reveals the thoughts and feelings of all the characters |
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Characterization |
Characterization is the way a writer creates and develops the characters |
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Main Characters |
Main Characters are the most important characters in literary work |
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Minor Characters |
Minor Characters are less important characters in literary work that help the reader learn more about the main character |
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Dynamic Characters |
Dynamic Characters undergo important changes as the plot unfolds |
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Static Characters |
Static Characters remain the same throughout the story |
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Stage directions |
Stage directions are the directions that are given to the director, actors, and stage crew in the script of a play |
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Teleplay |
Teleplay is a play that is written for television |
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Stanza |
Stanza is a group of two or more that forma unit a poem |
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Rhythm |
Rhythm is a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |
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Repetition |
Repetition is a technique in which sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis or unity |
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Rhyme |
Rhyme is the repetition of sounds at the end of words |
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Foreshadowing |
Foreshadowing creates suspense and offers hints of future events in the story |
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Chronological Order |
Chronological Order is the arrangement of events by the order of their occurrence |
