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20 Cards in this Set
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Chronological Order-
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The order in which events unfold in real time.
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Flashback
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Can be used to strengthen our understanding of the character by revealing a powerful memory.
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Flash-forward
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Insteas of going back to the past, they can jump ahead day's or year's into the future by using a literary device.
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Foreshadowing-
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Writers can bring the future into the present by using foreshadowing hists or clues that suggest what is to come in the story.
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Prediction-
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Educated guess based on the evidence.
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Plot-
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Sequence of events in a story; what happens.
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Exposition-
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Sets the stage; Characters face; suspence
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Complications
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Struggle characters face; Suspence.
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Conflict
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Problems or struggles in the story.
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Climax
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Highest point in the story; outcome is decided.
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Resolution
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Conclusion of the story; loose ends tied up.
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Setting
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Time and place the story happens
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Mood
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An emotional effect
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Sensory Details
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Images that appeal to our senses, sight, taste smell and hear.
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First person Narration
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characters speak directly to the reader
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Dramatic Monolouge-
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A type of poem where a speaer adresses one or more silent listeners to dicuss a problem
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Soliloquy
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A self- revealing speech delivered by a character alone on stage
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Direct Characterization
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Writer tells us directly what a character is like.
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Indirect Characterization
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Writer Shows us what a character is like
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dialogue
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Conversation between 2 characters
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