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18 Cards in this Set
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undergo a change in personality or attitude
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dynamic character
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merely sketched out for us and not fully developed; one dimension
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flat character
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more fully developed; we see so many sides of their personality and we come to appreciate their complexity, as if they were actual people
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round character
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defined as the perspective from which the story is told
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Point of View
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Our perspective of all the characters and evens in the story is limited to the way this one character sees them and tells about them
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First-Person
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"all knowing" point of view; the narriator can take us all over the world, allow us to see into the minds of all the characters, and help us to see events from several points of view
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Omniscent
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the writer tells the story from the vantage point of one character
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Limited Third-Person
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the main idea expressed in a literary work; the central insight that the work gives us about human life
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theme
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a contrast or discrepancy between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen
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Irony
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The writer shows a discrepancy between the expected result of some action or situation and its actual result
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Irony of Situation
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Something in a literary work which maintains its own meaning while at the same time standing for something broader than itself
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Symbolism
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A scene in a story or play that interrupts the present action to tell about event s that happened at an earlier time
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Flashback
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The use of clues that hint an important plot developments that are to follow in a story or drama
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Forshadowing
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A sense of uncertainty about the outcome of events in a story or drama
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Suspense
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A comparison made between two things which are basically dissimilar, with the intent of giving added meaning to one of them
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Metaphor
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A direct comparison made between two unlike things, using a word of comparison such as "like" or "as"
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SImile
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A figure of speech in which something non-human is given human characteristics or feelings
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Personification
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A literary work that mocks or ridicules the stupidity or vices of individuals, groups, institutions, or society in general
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Satire
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