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22 Cards in this Set
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anecdote
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a short narrative about an interesting / biographical incident
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character sketch
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a narritive about a character
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fable
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a brief tale that illustrates a moral and often has animals
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legend
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a story about the past considered historical but not verifiable
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myth
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traditional story once widely believed often has a superhuman being
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tall tale
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humorously exaggerated story about impossible event
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allegory
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story that teaches a lesson through symbolism
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epic
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long narrative poem about a hero
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ballad
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narrative poem meant to be sung or recited
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sonnet
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lyric poem of 14 lines, often in iambic pentameter
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lyric
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short poem in which one speaker expresses personal thoughts
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elegy
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mournful or melancholy poem, often for the dead
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ode
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lengthy lyric poem with complex stanzas often praising someone
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editorial
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opinion piece
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informative/ explanatory essay
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literary piece that informs or explains
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analytical essay
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literary piece that analyzes
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plot of 5 parts
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exposition ,rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
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tone
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attitude a writer takes toward a subject
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point of view
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first person, third person limited, third person omniscient
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narrator
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character or voice from whoes point of view a story is told
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speaker
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the voice in poetry that talks to the reader- not always the poet
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Personification
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Human qualities are given to a non-human being.
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