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18 Cards in this Set
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foreshadow
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The use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot.
gun found may forewhadow violoence later. |
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predictions
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guess what might happen
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suspense
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The uncertainty or anxiety that a reader feels about what will happen next in a story, novel or drama. pg 717
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narrator
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person telling the story.
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plot
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The chain of related events that make up a story. INTRODUCTION,CIMPLICATIONS, CLIMAX, RESOLUTION
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conflict
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A struggle between opposing characters or opposing forces.
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climax
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The point in a story that creates the greatest suspense or interest.
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mystery
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suspense is created by withholding information from the reader.
Who the murderer is |
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dilemma
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suspense is intense when a character is in peril or must choose between two dangerous courses of action
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reversal
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a sudden change in a characters situation from good to bad or vice versa.
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personification
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a figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as if it had human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. a poet writes about the moon as if it were a woman wearing silver shoes.
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chronology
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measuring time and dating events.
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chronological order
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the arrangement of events in the order in which they occurred.
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framework story
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a story that contains a FRAME story and an INNER story
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inner story
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is often told by one of the characters in the frame story
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frame story
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the main story that contains another story
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inference
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make an educated guess that is based on what you read.
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complications
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a situatuion or detail of character that complicates a plot.
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