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20 Cards in this Set
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Polemic
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Angry rebuttal
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Paradox
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Something that seems to be contradictory but actually is true
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Orator
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A person who speaks beautifully
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Epic
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Big long story
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Protagonist
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Main character in a story
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Vignette
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Short description, short movie
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Raconteur
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Good story-teller
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Parable
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Story that teaches a lessons
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Stereotype
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Grouping a category and saying everyone is alike
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Eulogy
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Speech given at funerals
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Elegy
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Poem written when someone dies
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Vernacular
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Everyday language spoken
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Anecdote
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Short story
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Skit
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Short play
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Foil
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Someone who has the opposite characteristics of the main character
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Antagonist
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Person who causes the protagonist problems
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Irony
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Expecting one thing but the opposite happens
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Satire
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Something that points out faults in society while making people laugh while motivating people to make a change
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Fable
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Story with talking animals and a moral
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Parody
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Something that makes fun of something that is familiar
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