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50 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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Repetition of initial consonant ounds
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Allusion
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Reference to another literary or artistic work
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Anatagonist
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Usually keeps the conflicts from resolving
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Archetype
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a character that typifies abstract qualities
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Assonance
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repetition of vowel sounds
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Atmosphere
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Setting and emotional circumstances
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Catharsis
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audience's purgation of pity and fear for the hero
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climax
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point at which a conflict can no longer build
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denouement
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point at which action resolves
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consonance
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repetition of vowel sounds
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simple
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sentence with one independent clause
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confidant
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character who supports the protagonist
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conflict
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cause of the action in the story
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compound
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sentence with two independent clauses
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couplet
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two lines of verse in the same meter
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declarative
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sentence which explains something
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deus ex machina
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plot device which immediately resolves conflict
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dramatic irony
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when protagonist knows less than audience
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foil
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the main character's opposite
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complex
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sentence with dependent and independent clauses
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exposition
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revealing present circumstances of a story
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flashback
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revealing past circumstances of a story
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flat
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a character who has no complex traits
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dynamic
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a character who changes as a result of a conflict
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foreshadowing
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reveal of future events in a story
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motif
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a repeated image, event, or idea
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imagery
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an emphasis on the sences in description
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imperative
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a commanding sentence type
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indirect
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ana non-explicit descriptoin of a character
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interrogative
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a questioning sentence type
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limited point of view
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narrator reveals only throught of one character
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metaphor
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a tenor's direct comparison to a vehicle
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monologue
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extended scripting for one actor
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mood
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emotional atmosphere of a story
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free verse
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characterized by lack of meter or rhyme
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omniscient point of view
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narrator reveals the thoughts of many characters
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paradox
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seemingly contradictory, but proves cleverly true
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parallelism
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structual repetition
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personification
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implieed comparison with a human as its vehicle
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prose
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sentence-and-paragraph structure
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protagonist
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most sympathetically undergoes the main conflict
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quatrain
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a four-line poetic stanza
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rhyme scheme
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the repeated sound structure of a poem
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round character
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reveals complexities of personality
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static character
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does not change when faced with conflic
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stock character
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mimics a "type" of person
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tone
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attitude of an author toward the story
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tragic flaw
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catalyst for downfall
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verbal irony
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often, but not always, sarcastic turns of phrase
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verse
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structure focused on word level, often line-by-line
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