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60 Cards in this Set
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Round Character
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A well developed, "fleshed out" character that shows many character traits
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Flat Character
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A character that is not developed, with only one or 2 character traits. This is a character we do not know very much about.
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Dynamic Character
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A character that changes or learns a lesson throughout the story.
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Static Character
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A character that stays the same throughout the entire story (does not change or learn anything).
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Foreshadowing
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When a writer gives hints about something that will happen later in the story.
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Plot
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The ordered series of events in a story
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Sub-plot
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A smaller story within the main story
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Parallel Episodes
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Repeating events in a story or 2 or more events in a scene that have something in common (example: The wolf tries to "blow the houses down" 3 separate times in the 3 Little Pigs story.
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Flashback
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Interrupting the current story to present events that occurred earlier in time.
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Conflict
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A problem in the story
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Protagonist
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main character
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Antagonist
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A person or force that causes conflict (problems) for the main character.
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Exposition
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The beginning of a story- gives character background information/setting information/introduces conflict
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Rising Action
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the series of events that build up and create tension and suspense.
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Climax
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The most exciting/turning point of the story
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Falling Action
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The resulting events of the climax
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Resolution
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The end-usually all conflicts are resolved
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External Conflict
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A conflict between the main character and another character, or the main character and force of nature, situation, etc
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Internal Conflict
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A conflict inside of the main character
character vs. self Ex: character battles against his fear of water |
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Point of View
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The perspective from which the story is told
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1st person Point of View
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Events are told by the character of the story
"I," "We," "Our" |
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3rd Person Point of View
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Told by a narrator, "he," "she," "they."
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3rd Person Limited
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Limited to seeing only 1 character's thoughts and feelings.
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3rd Person Objective
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Readers do not see ANY characters' thoughts or feelings-just actions and dialogue.
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3rd Person Omnicient
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Readers see ALL characters' thoughts and feelings
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allusion
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when a story refers to something else (another story, a real event, a person who is not in the story itself).
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novella
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A type of fiction that is longer than a short story, but shorter than a novel
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setting
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WHERE and WHAT TIME PERIOD a story happens in.
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noun
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a person, place, thing, or idea
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paraphrasing
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re-writing something in your own words-it could be longer, shorter, or the same length as the original piece of writing.
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comparing
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describing how several things are similar
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contrasting
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Describing how several things are different
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adjective
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describes a noun, or is an article (the, a, an)
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The parts of a plot diagram are:
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exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
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Verb
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An action or state of being
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summarizing
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re-writing something in your own words, only your version would be SHORTER than the original piece of writing.
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What 2 character combinations CANNOT exist?
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round+flat
dynamic+static These are opposites, so you cannot have a round character who is also flat, or a dynamic character who is also static |
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Seminar
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An entire class discussion about literature that is held in a large circle
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Sequence
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A series of events in chronological order
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Fiction
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writing that tells a story MADE UP in a writer's imagination
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Real people and events that really happened would be included in the genre of
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Non-Fiction
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Onomatopoeia
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Words that show sound (ex: KaPow! and BAM!)
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Realistic Fiction
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made up stories that use real events, time periods, or people
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imagery
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using vivid description to paint a picture in a reader’s head
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Quatrain
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A poem stanza with 4 lines
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Types of Figurative Language include:
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idiom, hyperbole, simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification
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Who/What can be the voice/speaker of a work of writing?
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a person, animal, object
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critique
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a discussion or piece of writing dealing with what is good or bad about something
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plagiarism
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claiming another author's work as your own
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simile
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comparing 2 things using "like" or "as."
She is as happy as a bubbling brook |
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metaphor
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comparing 2 things without using "like" or "as"
A poem is a path |
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personification
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Giving a non-living thing the characteristics of a living thing
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Two graphic organizers that are useful to help you compare and contrast are:
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Venn Diagram and Bubble Map
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Hook
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The first sentence of an essay or story, that truly grabs the reader’s interest
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A thesis statement explains
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what the essay is going to be about
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To INFER means
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to guess or determine something based on what you have already read and clues in the story or piece of writing.
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Synonym
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2 different words that mean the same thing
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Antonym
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2 words that are opposites
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Types of narrative non-fiction are...
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autobiographies, memoirs, biographies
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Narrative non-fiction
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Tells a story about real events/experiences
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