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16 Cards in this Set
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direct characterization
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Author directly reveals a character's personality
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indirect characterization
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Author forces reader to make judgments about a character based on various clues
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internal conflict
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opposing forces within a person's mind
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External Conflict
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struggle with forces in the external world
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foil
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character who acts as a contrast to another character
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Flashback
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scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events to show something that happened at an earlier time
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foreshadowing
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use of clues to suggest what will happen later in the plot
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point of view
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vantage point from which the writer tells the story
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first-person
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character tells story using pronouns like "I" and "We"
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Third-person limited
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unknown narrator focuses on the thoughts of one character
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Omniscient
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All knowing person tells everything about many characters
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objective
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totally impersonal and objective narrator who makes no comments on any characters or events
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Suspense
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feeling of curiosity and uncertainty about what will happen next in the story
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theme
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insight about human life revealed in a work
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tone
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Attitude a writer takes
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Anecdote
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very brief story told to illustrate a point
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