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15 Cards in this Set
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Characters
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made-up people or animals
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Narrator
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speaker or character who tells a story
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First Person
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tells a story and participates in its action
ex. I |
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Third Person
(Point of View) |
one who stands outside the action and speaks about it
ex. he,she |
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Dialogue
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conversation between characters that is usually set off by quotation marks
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Setting
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time, location or place of action
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Plot
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sequence of events in which each event results from a previous one and causes the next
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Exposition
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introduces the setting, characters, and the basic situation
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Conflict
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the struggle between opposing forces
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External
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the character struggles against outside forces
(person or nature) |
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Internal
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takes place within the mind of a character
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Climax
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the turning point, high point of interest or suspense, and the outcome hangs in balance
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Resolution
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the falling action or end of the central conflict
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Theme
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the central message in literary work that usually is a message about life, society, etc.
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Symbol
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anything that stands for or represents something else
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