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26 Cards in this Set
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Exposition
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The beginning part of a plot that gives info about characters, setting, and conflict.
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Conflict
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A struggle or clash between opposing characters/forces.
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Internal Conflict
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When a struggle takes place in the character's mind.
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External Conflict
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A character struggles against and outside force. Man vs Man. Man vs Nature. Man vs Society.
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Complication
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The protagonist tries to solve the problem, but meets another problem.
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Climax
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The moment of great emotional intensity or suspense and right before the conflict is resolved.
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Falling Action
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The part of the plot after the climax when events in the story lead to the conclusion.
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Resolution/Denouement
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All the struggles are over.
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Subject
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A way to describe a story using one or two words.
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Theme
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The main idea of a story stated in a sentence or two.
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Characterization
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The process of revealing the personality of a character in a story.
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Direct Characterization
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The author tells us what the character is like by describing him/her.
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Indirect Characterization
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You decide what the character is like by the actions the writer makes the character take: appearance, speech, actions, thoughts, reactions.
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Static Character
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A character who does not change in the story.
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Dynamic Character
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A character who changes as a result of the story's events.
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Round Character
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A character who has many different character traits.
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Flat Character
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A character who has only one or two main character traits.
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First Person Point of View
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One of the characters is telling the story. We only know what that character knows.
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Third Person Point of View
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The narrator tells the story by observing a character and telling us about him/her.
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Third Person Onmiscient
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The narrator tells us what everyone is thinking in the story.
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Setting
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The time and place of a story.
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Functions of Setting
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Source of Conflict
Reveals Character Creates Mood Provides Background |
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Irony
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A difference between what you expect to happen and what really happens.
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Verbal Irony
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When a writer/characters says something but it means something different.
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Situational Irony
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A difference between what you expect to happen and what really does happen.
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Dramatic Irony
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When the reader, you, knows something a character in the story does not.
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