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19 Cards in this Set
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Subplot |
Secondary plot in a novel or play, usually reinforcing the main theme but sometimes just providing interest |
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Flashback |
Part of a narrative that interrupts the chronological flow by relating events from the past |
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Foreshadowing |
Early clues about what will happen later in the narrative |
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Structure |
The general plan, framework or form of a piece of writing |
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Irony |
Lack of agreement between expectation and reality |
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Verbal irony |
Involves a major discrepancy between the words spoken or written and the intended meaning |
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Situational irony |
Stems quite literally from irony of situation |
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Dramatic irony |
Involves the difference between what a character knows or believes and what the better informed reader or audience knows to be true |
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Figurative language |
Words that carry suggestive or symbolic meaning beyond the literal level |
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Imagery |
Passages or words that stir feelings or memories through an appeal to the senses |
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Motif |
A pattern of identical or similar images recurring through the passage |
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Symbol |
Something that suggests or stands for an idea quality or concept larger than itself |
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Archetype |
A recurring character type, plot, symbol, or theme of seemingly universal significance |
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Phallic |
An image shaped like the male sex organs |
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Yonic |
An image shaped like the female breasts, uterus, or genitalia |
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Point of view |
The perspective in which the story is told |
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Shifting |
A limited view which can shift to the perspective of more than one character |
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Objective or dramatic |
The actions and conversations are presented in detail as they occur more or less objectively without any comment from the author or narrator |
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Unreliable |
Narrated from the point of view of a character unable or perhaps unwilling to give a full accurate account |
