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41 Cards in this Set
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plot
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the sequence of events or happenings in a literary work
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setting
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the time and place of action in a narration
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theme
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the main idea or the basic meaning of a literary work
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conflict
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a struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem
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short story
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a story that is short?
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fiction
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not true/ real
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nonfiction
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true/real/ happened in reality
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exposition
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the presentation of important background information
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narrative hook
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point in the narrative where the author hooks you in and makes you want to read to the end
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rising action
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those events in a play that lead to a turning point in the action
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climax
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that point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense in a narrative
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falling action
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all of the action in a play that follows the turning point
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resolution
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the outcome of the conflict in a play or story
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irony
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a contrast a contrast or an incongruity between what is stated and what is really meant or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen
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characterization
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the personality a character displays: also the means by which an author reveals that personality
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point of view
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the vantage point from which a narrative is told
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protagonist
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main character
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antagonist
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the person that opposes the main character
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static character
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remain the same throughout the narrative (no character change)
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dynamic character
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experience some change in personality or attitude
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symbol
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any object, person, place, or action that has meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself, such as quality, an attitude, a belief, or value
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round character
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complex and has many different sides or traits
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flat character
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have only one or two "sides" representing one or two traits
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foil
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a character who sets off another character by contrast
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tone
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attitudes toward the subject and toward the audience implied in a literary work
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genre
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type
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noun
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person, place, thing, or idea. if you get this wrong you're stupid.
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First person singular and plural pronouns:
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I, Me, my, mine
We, us, our, ours |
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Second person singular and plural pronouns:
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you, your, yours
you, your, yours |
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Third person singular and plural pronouns:
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he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its
they, them, their, theirs |
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reflexive pronouns
singular and plural: |
end in self or selves
myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves |
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Indefinite pronouns
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refer to unnamed people or things
all, another, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, few, many, most, neither, none, no one, nothing, one, several, some, someone, something, nobody |
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demonstrative pronouns
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this that these those
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interrogative pronouns
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what which who whom whose
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verbs:
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c'mon! verb, it's whatchya do???
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adjectives:
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what kind, which one, how much about the noun OR pronoun
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adverbs:
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where, why, when, how, to what extent,under what conditions about verb/adjective/adverb
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prepositions
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WORDS LIKE aboard about above across after against along among around as at before behind below beneath beside besides between beyond but except by despite down during etc...
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conjunctions
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and but for nor or so yet
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correlative conjunctions
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both/and
either/or neither/nor not only/but also whether/or |
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interjections
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