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31 Cards in this Set
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Antagonist |
The chief opponent of the main character in a story or drama |
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Archetype |
The recurrent themes, images, patterns, and characters in all literatures |
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Climax |
The point in the story where the main character's fortunes are decided |
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Close Reading |
Critical examination of all elements of a text to extract meaning and effects |
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Epic |
A long narrative poem in elevated style about superhuman heroes |
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Exposition |
The part of a story that sets up the boundaries of the events and setting |
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Falling action |
The resulting events after the main character's fortunes are decided |
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First position p.o.v. |
A narrative voice that is a character in the story |
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Flashback |
A sudden jump backwards to an earlier episode in a storyline |
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Foreshadowing |
A suggestion of things that may happen in the future |
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Hubris |
Self-indulgent confidence that ignores warnings, bringing bad consequences |
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Hubris |
Self-indulgent confidence that ignores warnings, bringing bad consequences |
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Theme |
The central idea or ideas of a work, which may or may not be obvious |
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Allusion |
A reference to literature, history, etc. the author expects the reader to know |
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Analysis |
The detailed study and attempted explanation of a literary work |
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Canon |
An unofficial list of works recognized as worthwhile by college professors |
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Connotation |
The secondary meanings and overtones of a word; implications implications and suggestions |
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Denotation |
The exact meaning of a word |
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Diction |
The choice of words in writing |
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Enjambment |
A line of poetry that is not end-stopped by punctuation |
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Imagery |
In literature, words that appeal to the senses |
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Lyric |
Usually a short poem that expresses feelings and thoughts of a speaker |
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In medias res |
A phrase used to describe a story that begins in the action |
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Limited p.o.v. |
A narrative voice that can usually only see the main character's thoughts |
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Narrative structure |
The characteristics of how a story is told |
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Narrator |
The voice telling the story in fiction |
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Omniscient p.o.v. |
A narrative voice that can see all thoughts from many characters |
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Plot |
The order of events in a story |
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Protagonist |
The main character in a story |
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Front (Term) Rising action |
Back (Definition) Events of increasing tension leading to the peak of interest |
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Setting |
The time and location of a story |
