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50 Cards in this Set
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Plot
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the series of related events that make up a story
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Setting
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the time and place in which the event of a work of literature takes place
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Character
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a person or animal that takes place in the action of the story, play or other literature work
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Theme
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The Message the author wants you to learn
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Antagonist
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The bad guy
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Protagonist
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The good guy
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Internal Conflict
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Conflict that takes place in the mind, struggle between needs
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External Conflict
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A characters struggle against an outside force
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Exposition
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Tells who the characters are and what their conflict is
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Rising Action
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Action leading up to the climax
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Climax
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The most emotional or suspenseful moment
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Falling Action
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Actions leading up to resolution
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Resolution
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When a characters problems are solved and the story ends
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Foreshadowing
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the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot
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Point of View
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A vantage point from which a story is told
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TLR-Theme
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Always look at the bright side
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TLR- Internal Conflict
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Love for his flower, but has no where to plant it
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TLR-External Conflict
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He is abused by his mom's boyfriend
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TLR-Exposition
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George is beat unconscious by Steve
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TLR-Rising Action
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George goes to school for boys
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TLR-Climax
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George plants his flower in Ms. Harpers garden
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TLR- Resolution
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George plants his rose bush on Robins grave
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TLR-Irony
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George hates school and now he has to live in one
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TLR- Foreshadowing
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The Lottery Rose
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TLR-Setting
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A school for boys
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Verb
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A word an action or state of the main part of the sentence
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Noun
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A word used to define a person, place, or thing
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Adjective
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A word or phrase used to describe a noun
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Possessive Form
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In order to show possession an apostophre is added
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Appositive
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A noun or pronoun used to explain or identify another noun or pronoun
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Quest
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A journey
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Religion
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Beliefs
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Irony
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A difference between what is expected and what actually happens
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Origin
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Explains how something happens
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Myth
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A story that includes Gods or super human beings
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Cronus
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Swallowed his children
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Zeus
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King of Gods, sky and weather
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Earth
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Mother
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Cyclops
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Children born with one eye
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Hera
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Wife of zeus, Queen of Gods and women
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Titans
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The gods that took there sisters for their wives
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Simile
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Using like or as to compare two unlike things
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Metaphor
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Comparing two unlike things and stating they are equal
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Personification
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Giving human characteristics to objects
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Alliteration
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Phrase that contains words that begin with the same sound or letter
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Rhyme
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Corresponding between sounds at end of words
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Internal Rhyme
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Rhyme is in the middle of the line
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End Rhyme
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Rhyme is at the end of the line
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Anomatopoeia
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The use of words that imitate sounds
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Imagery
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Use of vivid language to represent objects, actions, or ideas
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