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81 Cards in this Set
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Memoir |
Events the author experienced |
Journal |
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Autobiography |
Biography written by the person its about |
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Biography |
Birth to death |
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Coming of age |
Youth to adulthod |
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Diction |
Authors word of choice |
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Genre |
Specific type of music, film or writing |
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Reflection |
Relating your life to the story |
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Epiphany |
When a character achieves realization |
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Dialogue |
Two or more characters engaged in conversation |
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Narrative |
Story told a narrator |
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Narration |
Action of narrating a story |
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Pacing |
Keeps reader on the edge of his seat |
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Tone |
The feeling the author has during the story |
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Figurative language |
Describe something by comparing it something else |
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Realistic fiction |
Story that takes place in modern day |
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Historical fiction |
Takes place during a historical event |
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Science fiction |
Has a futuristic setting with huge scientific advancements |
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Fantasy |
Has animals and unrealistic features |
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Dystopian |
Abandoned society |
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Utopian |
Perfect society |
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Article |
A written composition, usually nonfiction |
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Farce |
Highly exaggerated situations |
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Parody |
Knock off of a high quality movie usually used to be funny |
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Satire |
Uses irony |
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Periodical |
Magazine or newspaper published at regular intervals |
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Parable |
Simple story used to illustrate a moral |
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Fable |
A story that features animals |
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Fairy tale |
Has magical creatures |
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Tall tales |
Unrealistically big features |
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Informational text |
A type of nonfiction that is factual |
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Brandish |
Shake or wake |
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Turbulent |
Raging |
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Sumptuous |
Luxuriously splemding or large |
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Ravenous |
Extremely hungry |
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Perilous |
Dangerous |
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Din |
A loud noise |
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Vigor |
Energetic activity |
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Siege |
Surrounding a place to isolate from help |
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Stupor |
Daze |
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Barrage |
An overwhelming amount |
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Fate |
Fortune, unavoidable future |
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Forge |
Special fireplace used for heating up metal |
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Exultant |
Triumphant |
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Pillage |
To rob with violence |
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Complacent |
Pleased without awareness of future danger |
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Foreboding |
A strong inner feeling of evil to come |
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Despondent |
Gloom |
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Collosus |
Something gigantic |
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Trepidation |
Fear or alarm |
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Sinuous |
Winding or bendy |
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Stupefying |
Overwhelmingly amazing or outstanding |
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Imploringly |
Urgently or insistently |
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Euphemism |
A indirect word or expression for one considered to be harsh |
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Situational irony |
Irony involvingna situation in which actions have a opposite from what was intended |
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Foreshadowimg |
Author hints what is to come |
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Plot, subplot, conflict |
Events that make up a story |
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Epic simile |
Simile running multiple lines long |
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Metaphor |
Comparison with out using like or as |
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Personification |
Give human like qualities to a nonhuman object |
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Epic hero |
A noble character |
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Imagery |
Mental images |
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Verbal irony |
Says something that is other than it seems |
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Symbolism |
Use of symbols to represent qualities |
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Allusion |
An expression to mind without mentioning it explicitly |
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Epic poem |
Long poem about a significant event |
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Denotation |
Primary meaning of an word |
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Connotation |
Cultural association that the word carries |
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Epithet |
Phrases expressing a quality characteristic |
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Conflict |
A serious disagreement |
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Parody |
A remake of a actual movie intended to be funny |
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Hubris |
Excessive self-confidence |
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Folk tales |
Story originating in popular culture |
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Homer |
The author of the Iliad and the odyssey |
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Heroes |
Person with noble qualities |
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Zeus |
God of thunder |
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Athena |
Goddess of war |
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Hera |
Wife of Zeus |
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Apollo |
God of music |
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Ares |
God of war |
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Briseis |
Cousin of Hector |
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Hermes |
God of boundaries |
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