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20 Cards in this Set
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THEME
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The general idea about life that is revealed in the text.
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UNIVERSAL THEMES
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Themes that can be found in stories in any culture, place or period.
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LITERARY THEMES
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A statement that a piece of writing makes about a subject.
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SUBJECT
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The subject is the topic of the text; what the text is about
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GENERALIZATION
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a statement that applies to many people or situations. They do not have to be true all of the time, but they are normally true.
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GENRES
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different forms of texts.
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TYPES OF GENRE
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Drama,Fiction,Poetry,Non-fiction
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ANALOGY
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compares the relationship between two pairs of words.
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CONFLICT
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struggle between two forces in a story.
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EXTERNAL CONFLICT
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a conflict that is observable
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INTERNAL CONFLICT
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a conflict within a characters mind; a difficult decision
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EXPOSITION
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the start of the story, the situation before the action starts
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COMPLICATION/RISING ACTION
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the series of conflicts and crisis in the story that lead to the climax
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CLIMAX
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the turning point, the most intense moment—either mentally or in action
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RESOLUTION
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the conclusion, the tying together of all of the threads
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TYPES OF LINEAR PLOTS
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chronological order, flashback, flash forward, foreshadowing
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WHAT DOES EXPOSITION REALLY MEAN?
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Opening of a story / background
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WHAT DOES RISING ACTION REALLY MEAN?
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The struggle
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WHAT DOES CLIMAX REALLY MEAN?
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The most exciting part of the story
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WHAT DOES RESOLUTION REALLY MEAN?
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The ending/solution
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