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24 Cards in this Set
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Tone |
The emotional attitude toward the reader or toward the subject |
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Point of View |
The vantage point from which a story is told |
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Characterization |
The use of literary techniques to develop a character |
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Theme |
The central idea in a literary work |
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Symbolism |
The use of images or ideas that stand for themselves and something else |
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Irony |
The difference between appearance and reality |
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Irony of Situation |
When an event occurs that violates the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience |
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Dramatic Irony |
When something is known by the audience, but unknown to the characters |
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Figurative Language |
Writing or speech meant to be understood imaginatively instead of literally |
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Personification |
When an idea, animal, or object is described as if it were human |
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Hyperbole |
An exaggeration made for effect or in order to prove a point |
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Setting |
The time and place in which a literary work occurs |
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Plot |
The series of events in a story related to the central conflict |
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Allusion |
When a reference is made to a person, event, object or work from history |
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Foreshadowing |
Details that hint at events that occur later in a story |
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Moral |
A practical lesson taught in a story |
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Suspension of Disbelief |
The act by which a reader willingly sets aside his/her skepticism in order to participate imaginatively in the work being read |
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Internal Conflict |
A struggle that takes place within a character |
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External Conflict |
A struggle that takes place between a character and an outside force |
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Protagonist |
Main character |
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Antagonist |
The character that goes up against the protagonist |
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Mood |
The emotion created in the reader by part or all of the literary work |
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Metaphor |
A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken or written about as if it were another |
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Simile |
A comparison between two things using the words like or as |
