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42 Cards in this Set
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any person in a story or any entity in a story that behaves as if it is a person
(ex: The enterprise on Star Trek would be a character) |
Character
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multi faceted and complex
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Round
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- one distinguishing characteristic and only exists to advance the plot
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Flat
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remain unchanged throughout the story (mentally or physically)
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Static
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change during the story
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Dynamic
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method by which an author creates a character (SATA- speech, appearance, thought, actions)
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Characterization
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describing characters through the speech and thoughts of other characters
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Indirect
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narrator or author provides information about the character
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Direct
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main character of story (does not necessarily mean the character is good)
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Protagonist
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the person or force who acts against the protagonist
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Antagonist
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character that serves as an opposite for a main character (ex Romeo and Mercutio)
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Foil
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reference to person, place, thing, or idea that the author assumes the reader will be familiar with
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Allusion
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an item that represents itself and a concept larger than itself (2 types: a) general- accepted meaning within a culture and b) contextual- only make sense within the story)
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Symbol
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any difference between appearances and reality
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Irony
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when you say one thing and you mean something else
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Verbal irony
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when you say one thing, you mean another, but you intend to be mean
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Sarcasm
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when it seems that things are going to turn out one way and they turn out another
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Situational irony
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when the audience or reader knows information that the main character does not
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Dramatic irony
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when you have come to believe that you are invincible and the universe needs to give you a reality check
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Cosmic irony
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types of literature (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, folk tales)
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Genre
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generally identified because it has stanzas
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Poetry
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anything in paragraphs
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Prose
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identified by dialogue tags
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Drama
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one person delivering an extended speech
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Monologue
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a solo, one person alone on stage delivering a speech
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Soliloquy
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a character speaks directly to the audience
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Aside
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conversation between characters
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Dialogue
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speech that is specific to a region or group of people
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Dialect
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word choice
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Diction
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the writer’s attitude towards the reader, the content, or both
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Tone
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the way the author writes
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Style
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dictionary meaning of a word
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Denotation
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cultural meaning
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Connotation
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place
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Locale
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time and place
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Setting
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time, place, and social or cultural values
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Milieu
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the overall impact of a work upon the reader
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Effect
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what about what the story’s about? A moral is a lesson. A topic is an idea or specific content. A theme is the author bringing up issues for a reader to consider (but it is unanswered)
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Theme
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any problem in a story
(internal, external) (versus: man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society, man vs. self (can be both psychological and physical ex: a drunk), man vs. the supernatural, man vs. technology) |
Conflict
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the atmosphere created within a piece of literature
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Mood
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the introduction provided by the author to set the mood or to lend insight on how the story should be interpreted
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Prologue
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the background information required to get the story started and where the major conflict is introduced
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Exposition
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