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16 Cards in this Set
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Fiction
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a story that is not true
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Tragedy
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a piece of fiction, usually drama, in which the protagonist undergoes a moral struggle and is usually defeated.
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Malapropism
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a ludicrous misuse of words
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episode
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a series of interrelated actions and events that take place in the story
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First person narration
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Point of view in which the character "I" tells the story
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Denouement
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the catastrophe, tying up of loose ends after the conclusion; resolution
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characterization
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The developement of a character
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style
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The particular manner in which an author writes; "how" it is written
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euphemism
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a tactful or nice way of saying something unpleasant
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Technical climax
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"Turning point" of the story; actions begins to fall at this point
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Prose
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Ordinary speaking language; opposite of poetry
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protagonist
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main character or "hero" of the story
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Anachronism
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Term applied to an event or piece of writing that is out of time or place
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Flashback
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Action is stopped to relate to an earlier event.
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Round character
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A type of character that is real and believable
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Haiku
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A japanese poem of three lines with 17 syllables; 5-7-5
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