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46 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
a.) assonance - b.) consonance - |
the repetition of sounds
a.) repetition of vowels (a,e,i,o,u) b.) repetition of consonants |
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Allusion
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A reference to the history or literature
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Allegory
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symbolic representation
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Analogy
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A comparison of two things to show how one is like the other
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Anecdote
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A brief account of an event usually intended to entertain, explain, or reveal
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Parable
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A simple story illustrating a moral lesson
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Fable
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a very brief story told to teach a lesson
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Moral
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A practical lesson about the right of wrong conduct
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Maxim
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A short, concise statement expressing practical advice for a widely held truth
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Exemplum
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a brief story used to make a point
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Protagonist
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The central character of a story, generally one whom the audience sympathizes with.
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Antagonist
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a person or force that opposes the central character (the protagonist)
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aside
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in a play where a characters comments are heard by the audience, but not the characters on stage
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Monologue
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a long speech spoken by a character in a play.
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Soliloquy
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A long speech spoken by a character who is alone on stage.
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Autobiography
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the story of a person written by that person
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nonfiction
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writing about real peoples experiences
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fiction
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where situations and characters are invented by the writher
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character
a.) flat - b.) round - c.) static - d.) dynamic - |
A person in a literary work
a.) A character with only one personality trait b.) a character with many traits c.) a character who undergoes no change throughout the story d.) a character who changes throughout the story |
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Characterization
a.) direct - b.) indirect - |
the methods a writer uses to develop a character
a.) the writer makes direct statements about a characters personality b.) the writer uses dialogue and actions to show characteristics |
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Conflict
a.) External - i.) Man vs. Man - ii.) Man vs. Nature - iii.) Man vs. Society - b.) Internal - |
The struggles between two opposing forces
a.) the struggle against an outside force i.) battling enemies ii.) battling natural disasters iii.) battling sociatal stereotypes a.) the conflict exists within the mind of a character (the character in ambivalent between opposing feelings or goals) |
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Connotation
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the unspoken or unwritten meaning associated with a word beyond it's dictionary definition
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Denotation
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the dictionary definition of a word
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Plot
a.) Narrative Hook - b.) Rising Action - c,) Climax - d.) Falling Action - e.) Resolution - |
The sequence of events
a.) that which catches the readers attention in the plot b.) complication to the story's plot c.) the decisive moment in story d.) action that follows the climax e.) a resolving of the conflict |
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Dialect
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A variation of language spoken by a particular group
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Local Color
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writing that uses specific details to evoke a particular region (re-creates language, customs, geography, and habits)
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Epic
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A long narrative poem that traces the adventures of a hero
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Epic Hero
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A legendary, larger than life figure, whose adventures we follow
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Narrative Essay
a.) descriptive - b.) persuasive - c.) expository - |
A essay which tells a story
a.) carefully detailed portrayal of a person, place, thing, or event b.) aims to make audience accept an opinion c.) where the writer presents facts |
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figurative language
a.) metaphor - b.) extended metaphor - c.) simile - d.) personification - e.) onomatopoeia - |
language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary
a.) comparison of two unlike things using "like", or "as" b.) a metaphor that is continued through multiple sentences (often a poem) c.) giving human characteristics to non-human things d.) sound words ( "zip!"," plop!" ,"pow!") c.) giving human characteristics to non-human things |
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Foil
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A character that is used to contrast with another character
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Foreshadowing
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the use of clues by the author to prepare the reader for later events in the story
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Irony
a.) situational irony - b.) verbal irony - c.) dramatic irony - |
A contrast between reality and what seems to be real
a.) the actual outcome of a situation is opposite of what is expected b.) exists when a person says one thing and means another c.) exists when the audience knows something a character does not know |
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Mood
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the emotion quality of atmosphere of a story
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Tone
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the attitude taken by the author or speaker
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Narrator
a.) first person - b.) second person - c.) third person limited - d.) third person omniscient - |
the person who tells the story
a.) the narrator i a character in the story b.) the narrator tells the story to anther person (you) c.) the narrator is an outsider looking in through one characters eyes (he/she) d.) the narrator is an outsider looking in, knowing all |
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satire
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to poke fun at something
ex- political satire |
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setting
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time and place where a story occurs
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stream of conscious
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a technique of writing that imitates the way the human ind works (flow of thought)
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chronological order
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the order of events that regard to time
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symbol
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something that stands for itself and something greater
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theme
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the main idea of a poem, story, novel, or play
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thesis
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the central idea or purpose
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tragedy
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a play in which the main character suffers a downfall or unhappy circumstance
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tragic flaw
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the downfall of a character due to outside forces or from a weakness
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tragic hero
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the main character who makes an error in his or her actions that leads to his or her downfall
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