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29 Cards in this Set
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Allegory
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A narrative in which objects, characters, or actions stand for abstract ideas or moral qualities.
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Ambiguity
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The possibility of more than one meaning.
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Antagonist
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The force or character opposing the main character.
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Atmosphere
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The prevailing mental & emotional climate of the story; something the reader senses or feels.
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Characterization
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The description and quality of characters.
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Complication
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The series of difficulties forming the central action of a narrative.
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Dialect
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The speech that's characteristic of a particular group or of the inhabitants of a specific geographical region.
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Dialogue
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The conversation carried on by two or more characters in a story.
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Diction
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A writer's choice, arrangement, and use of words.
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External Conflict
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A struggle between opposing forces, people, or ideas in a story.
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Figurative Language
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Lannguage that's not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense.
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Flashback
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A device by which an author interprets the logical time sequence of a story or play to relate an episode that occured prior to the opening situation.
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Foreshadowing
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Hints or clues of things to come.
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Internal Conflict
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When a man if against himself.
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Irony
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A contrast or incongruity 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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Mood
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The prevailing feeling that a literary work communicates to the reader.
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Motif
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An image or phase the recurs and thus provides a oattern within a work of literature.
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Plot
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The sequence of events in a story.
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Point of View
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The vantage point from which a story is told.
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Protagonist
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The main character in a story or a drama.
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Resolution
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The point at which the chief dramatic complication is worked out.
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Satire
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The use of ridicule, sarcasm, wit, or irony to expose, set right, or destroy a vice folly breach of good taste, or undesirable social condition.
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Setting
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Where action/conflict develop.
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Style
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A writer's distinctive or characteristic form of expression.
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Symbol
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A person, place, or event or object that has meaning in itself and also represents or suggest something larger than itself, such as a quality, an attitude, a belief, or a value.
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Theme
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The message or meaning in a story.
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Tone
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The attitude of the writer toward his/her subject, characters, and readers.
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Direct Characterization
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When the author tells the reader straight out about the character/s
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Indirect Characterization
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When the author lets the reader draw his or her own conclusions about the character on the basis of the information given
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