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15 Cards in this Set
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Theme
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underlying idea; moral; message author is trying to make
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Exposition
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Background information at the beginning of work. (especially drama)
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Pun
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Play on words; joke.
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Coincidence
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A humorous story.
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Nonfiction
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A story that is true; a factual account
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Conflict
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A struggle between two opposing forces.
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Dynamic Character
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A character that changes and is affected by events in the story.
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Man vs. Man
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The most common type of conflict; verbal; visual; physical; conflict between two people or forces.
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Static Character
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A character who conforms to a fixed or general pattern; stock; predictable.
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Atmosphere
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Mood, feeling, air that exisits in the setting of a story.
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Alliteration
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Repetition of initial consonant sounds.
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Metaphor
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Implied comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
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Onomatopoeia
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Use of echoic words whose sounds suggest their meaning; (e.g.) "boom"
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Chorus
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Company of singers (chanters) who introduce material and set mood.
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Fiction
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A story that is not true.
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