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41 Cards in this Set
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Universal theme |
A message about life that is often expressed in many different eras and cultures |
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Stated theme |
The theme expressed directly by the author |
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Implied theme |
The theme is suggested, or stated indirectly through what happens to the characters |
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Protagonist |
The main character of the story usually seen as good |
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Antagonist |
The character who struggles against or opposes the main character |
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Dynamic character |
A character that changes in some important way |
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Static character |
A character that remains the same throughout the story |
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Round character |
A major character who encounters conflict and is changed by the conflict |
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Flat character |
A minor character with no substantial change |
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Direct characterization |
The writer makes direct statements about the character's personality and tells what the character is like |
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Indirect characterization |
The writer reveals information about a character in his / her personality through that's characters thoughts words and actions along with the other characters respond to that character including what they think and say about them the authors of him on the reader to draw conclusions about the characters traits |
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External conflict |
The protagonist this is opposing an outside force |
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Man vs Man |
The protagonist is opposing another character |
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Man versus nature |
The protagonist is opposing the force of nature |
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Man vs society |
The protagonist is opposing a group or groups of people |
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Man vs technology |
The protagonist is posing technology are artificial intelligence |
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Internal conflict |
The protagonist is struggling with a conflict from within |
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Man vs self |
The protagonist struggles with internal dilemma there is no clear right or wrong good or evil |
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Man vs destiny |
The protagonist must make a difficult decision however that character will grow and develop as a result of the conflict |
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Plot |
The sequence of events in a short story |
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Exposition |
Introduces the setting ( the time and place of a story), the characters, and the basic situation |
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Rising action |
Introduces the conflict or problem |
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Climax |
The main turning point of a story |
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Falling action |
The part of the story when the conflict lessens |
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Resolution |
A story's conclusion |
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First person |
The author presents story of perspective of a character in the story |
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Third person |
The author tells the story from the perspective of a narrator outside the story |
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Third Omnisent |
The reader knows the thoughts of multiple characters in the story |
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Third limited |
The reader knows the thoughts of only one character in the story |
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Third objective |
The reader doesn't know any characters thoughts in the story |
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Genre |
A distinctive literary type class or category of writing that has a specific form content or technique |
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Historical fiction |
Set in the past and based on real people and / or events but have made up elements |
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Science fiction |
Has aliens robots futuristic technology and /or spaceships |
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Realistic fiction |
Has no elements of fantasy, the story should be two but isn't |
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Fantasy |
Has monster magic or characters with superpowers |
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Folktales |
Usually has an unknown author or will be resold or adapted by an author |
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Fable |
The short story with modified animals in the world. Personified: given the traits of humans, moral: lesson or message of a fable |
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Myth |
Has God / goddesses and usually accounts for a creation of something |
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Tall tale |
Set in the Wild West, or American frontier. Main characters skills / size / strength is greatly exaggerated, the exaggeration is usually enormous |
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Legend |
Based on real person or place. Flexor stretch beyond non fiction and exaggerated in a serious way |
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Fairy Tail |
Has magic and / or talking animals. Often starts with once upon a time... Like fantasy but much older. Often as a human as a main character |
