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38 Cards in this Set
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a brief work of fiction where, usually, the main character faces a conflict that is worked out in the plot of the story
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short story
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a person in a story, poem or play.
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character
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A major character who opposes the protagonist and does not change
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antagonist
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How the author develops the characters, especially the main character.
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characterization
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The author directly states what the character’s personality is like. Example: cruel, kind
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Direct characterization
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Showing a character’s personality through his/her actions, thoughts, feelings, words, appearance or other character’s observations or reactions
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Indirect characterization
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Main character of the story that changes
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protagonist
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struggle between two opposing forces
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conflict
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Series of related events that make up a story.
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plot
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Section that introduces characters, the setting, and conflicts.
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exposition
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The time and place of the story’s action
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setting
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Series of problems that occur when the main characters take action to resolve their problems and are met with further problems:
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rising action
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The turning point in the story: the high point of interest and suspense
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climax
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All events following the climax or turning point in the story. These events are a result of the action taken at the climax.
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falling action
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The end of the central conflict: it shows how the situation turns out and ties up loose ends
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resolution
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Vantage point from which the writer tells the story.
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point of view
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The central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work or the main idea of the story
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theme
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The present scene in the story is interrupted to flash backward and tell what happened in an earlier time.
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flashback
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Clues the writer puts in the story to give the reader a hint of what is to come.
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foreshadowing
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An object, person, or event that functions as itself, but also stands for something more than itself.
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symbol
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Involves some imaginative comparison between two unlike things.
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figurative language
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A contrast between expectation and reality
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irony
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saying one thing but meaning something completely different.
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verbal irony
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A contradiction between what we expect to happen and what really does happen
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situational irony
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occurs when the reader knows something important that the characters in the story do not know.
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dramatic irony
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Reference to a statement, person, a place, or events from Literature,History, Religion,Mythology,Politics, or Sports
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allusion
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Uncertainty or anxiety the reader feels about what is going to happen next in a story.
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suspense
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Creating a picture in the readers mind through description. Language that appeals to the senses touch, taste sight, sound, smell.
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Imagery
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fully developed, has many different character traits
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round character
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character that is stereotyped, one-dimensional, and has few traits
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flat character
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character does not change
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static character
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character that changes as a result of the story's events
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dynamic character
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One of the characters is actually telling the story using the pronoun “I”
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first person
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Centers on one character’s thoughts and actions.
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third person
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All knowing narrator. Can center on the thoughts any actions of any and all characters.
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omniscient
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comparing two unlike things using like or as.
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simile
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comparing two unlike things (not using like or as)
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metaphor
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Giving human qualities to non-human things.
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personification
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