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38 Cards in this Set
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Characterize |
Describe someone's character by exposing their traits |
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Conflict |
A disagreement; struggle |
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Point of view |
The perspective from which a story is viewed or told. third person omniscient out of it and functioning like a god. third person limited out of it and looking in through the point of view of only one character |
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Theme |
The overall word or sentence that sums up a story |
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Purpose |
An author's research for writing something; intent to |
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Tone |
The way that the author portrays something, used as a synonym for attitude |
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Perspective |
Viewpoint or way of seeing something; how you, a character, see something |
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Irony |
The qualities of something thought To go our way but goes the opposite |
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Diction |
Speech; selection of a word or vocabulary for a text |
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Argument |
Disagreement; organized attempt to persuade an audience to accept a certain opinion or belief |
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Oxymoron |
A two-word contradiction |
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Metaphor |
A comparison between two things without using like or as |
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Symbol |
Something that represents something else |
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Motif |
An idea that appears most in a story |
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Simile |
A comparison that uses like or as |
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Emphasize |
To make something seem important |
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Imagery |
The act of painting a sensual experience inside of you using every sense |
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Explain |
To elaborate on something and to support it |
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Rhyme scheme |
The pattern of end rhyme in a poem |
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Stanza |
A poetic paragraph |
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Personification |
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects/animals |
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Connotation |
Associations that a word has been given by popular and/ or historical use (usually negative) |
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Objective |
Writing without bias; simply defining |
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Subjective |
Biased writing |
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Dialogue |
Conversation between two characters |
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Inference |
Prediction, a drawn conclusion supported by details |
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Insight |
Understanding without supporting details |
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Figurative language |
Use of simile, metaphor, personification, symbols, |
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Climatic |
An event that relate to or is the climax, noteworthy because of a significant change |
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Resolution |
A solution to the conflict the last noteworthy change |
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Complications |
Things that prevent something from going smoothly |
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Atmosphere |
"Sense" of the setting; it is often used as a synonym for mood |
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Setting |
The location of where the story takes place; physical surroundings |
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Mood |
The overall way that the story makes you feel synonym for atmosphere |
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Text |
The writing in a piece of literature; piece of writing |
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Rhetoric |
A writer with a purpose working a subject for an audience |
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Appeal |
An attempt to reach emotionally, logically, or by virtue. |
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Diction |
Speech; selection of a word or vocabulary for a text |
