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25 Cards in this Set
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Basic situation/exposition
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The first part of a plot;presents the main characters and their conflicts
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Figures of Speech
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Imaginative phrasing in which one thing is usually compared to something much differnt from it
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Foreshadowing
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Clues about what is going to happen as the story unfolds
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First-person point of view
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an "I" tells the story
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Flat character
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Has only one or two personality traits and can be described in a single sentence
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Idiom
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An expression peculiar to a certain language, which cannot be translated word for word
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Imagery
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Language which appeals to the senses
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Indeirect Characterization
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The character's personality is revealed by how he/she looks, speaks, thinks, feels, acts, and affects other people
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Alliteration
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The repetition of similar consonant sounds
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A Romance
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A fictional world where the characters' dreams and quests do come true
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Allusion
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A feference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, science or pop culture
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Intedrnal Conflict
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A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character.
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Atmosphere
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The dominant tone or mood of a work of art
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External Conflict
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A character stuggles against some outside force (another character, society, nature, machine, supernatural)
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characters
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the story's actors
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climax
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The most tense or exciting moment in the story, when something happens to decide the outcome of the conflict
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cliche
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A trite or overused expression or idea
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dramatic irony
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the kind of irony that occurs when we know what is in store for the character, but the character doesn't know
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Complications
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the second part of a plot;develops the basic situation and intensifies the conflict
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Conflict
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a struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces, or emotions
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Dialect
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a form of language that is peculiar to a certain region
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Connotation
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the tone or attitude implied by words
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Direct characterization
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The writer tells us directly what the character is like
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Dynamic Character
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Changes in an important way during the course of the story
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Antagonist
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The character or foce that comes into conflict with the main character
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