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40 Cards in this Set
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Simlie
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A common figure of speech that explicitly compares two things usually considered different. Most similes are introduced by like or as
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Ex. Simile
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Your just like your father.
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Exposition
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entruduction of "characters" and "setting"
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Ex.Exposition
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Little red riding hood went to the forest to vist her ill granny
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Rising Action
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a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.
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Ex. Rising Action
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While little red riding hood was busy picking flowers to take to her granny, the wolf went to the cottage and swallowwed granny in one gulp.
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Climax
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The highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something.
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Ex. Climax
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The wolf swallowed Little Red Riding Hood in one gulp and then fell asleep
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Falling Action
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the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.
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Ex. Falling Action
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The woodsman cut the wolf open with his axe and out popped Granny and Little Red Riding Hood.
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Metaphor
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A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
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Ex. Metaphor
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“A mighty fortress is our God.”
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Analogies
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A comparison of two different things that are alike in some way.
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Ex. Analogies
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Drink is to liquid as eat is to solid.
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Imagery
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Is when the Author uses the 5 senses to create an image
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Ex. Imagery
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The artist used his hearing to make his music.
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Onomatopoeia
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the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
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Ex. Onomatopoeia
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BOOM!!!!!
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Personification
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the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.
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Ex. Personification
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When an object or thing gets human characterisistics
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Hyperbole
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An exaggerated, extravagant expression.
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Ex. Hyperbole
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“I'd give my whole fortune for a bowl of bean soup.”
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Idioms
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An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements
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Ex. Idioms
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Hold your horses!
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Flashback
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Which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
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Ex. Flashback
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Im thinking what i did before class
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Protagonist
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the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
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Ex. Protagonist
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Superman is the Protagonist in the movie.
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Antagonist
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A person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary.
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Ex. Antagonist
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The joker is the Antagonist in the movie.
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Symbolism
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The practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character
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Ex. Symbolism
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A Cross symbolises God at church.
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Point of View
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a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint: from the point of view of a doctor.
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Ex. Point Of View
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Having like your own opinion.
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Flashback
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By which an event or scene taking place before the present time.
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Ex. Flashback
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I had a flashback of my childhood.
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Mood
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A state or quality of feeling at a particular time.
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Ex. Mood
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Im in a good mood today, or shes in a bad mood today
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Tone
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any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source
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Ex. Tone
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You have a very bad tone.
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