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52 Cards in this Set
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setting
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where and when the story takes palce
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point of view
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who's telling the story
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protagonist
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the main character, narrator
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antagonist
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opposing force
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conflict
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man vs. himself, fight between opposing forces
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climax
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always found at end, point of highest interest, conflict is resolved
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inimitable
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matchless
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predisposes
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biased
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prodigious
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vast
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expiated
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atonement
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diametrically
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exactly opposite
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placid
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tranquil
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caprice
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whim
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aquiline
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hooked
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fathom
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understand
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volition
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choice
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abstruse
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hard to understand
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erudition
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extensive learning
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metaphysical
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abstract
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therealism
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spiritual
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transendentalism
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philosophical
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effulgence
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bright
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peremptorily
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authoritatively
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imbued
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permeate
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imbibed
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drink
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incipient
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beginning
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succint
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concise
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tinctured
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tinted
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peevish
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cross
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debauch
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corrupt
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procuring
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to obtain by effort
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perverseness
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warped
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odious
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repulsive
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pertinacity
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persistant
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inscrutability
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baffling
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anomalous
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abnormal
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infamy
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bad reputation
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melancholy
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sad
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sojourn
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visit
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alleviation
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lessen, lighten
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undeviating
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unvarying, steady
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transient
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fleeting
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impetuous
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hasty
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prolixity
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tedious, long
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tumultuous
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disorderly
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precluded
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prevent
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immolation
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kill as a sacrifice
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retribution
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given as reward or punishment
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absconded
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to leave secretly
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virtuoso
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skilled in the fine arts
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surmounted
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to rise above
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distilled
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purified, seperated
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