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102 Cards in this Set
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falling action-the final unraveling-the solution of the plot
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denouement
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author of Great Expectations
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Charles Dickens
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the repetition of vowel sounds within a line of poetry
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assonance
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the written play
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script
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a conversation between characters
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dialogue
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written instructions from the playwright to all people putting on a play telling them how he/she wants things done
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stage directions
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author of "The Cask of Amontillado"
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Edgar Allan Poe
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main character(s) of "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"
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Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson
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going from the present time and events in a story to a time and events in the past and treating this past as if it were the present
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flashback
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a division of an act
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scene
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A 14 line rhyming poem with a definite meter
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sonnet
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the high point of action-point where the conflict is resolved
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climax
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a play in which music and songs are used to deveop the plot and themes
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musical
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words which sound alike within a line of poetry
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Internal rhyme
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The pattern of the end rhyme. This is indicated by the use of the letters of the alphabet words which sound alike.
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rhyme scheme
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the way the author develops a character within the story thorugh the use of:
a) personal appearance b)what he says & does or thinks c) his motivation d) what others say about him |
Characterization
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the main idea, the main point the author wishes to convey through the literary work; the message
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theme
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the time and place of the story
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setting
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joke made from a play on words
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pun
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another word for mood but really the feeling of the piece of literature
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tone
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series of connected events that form the plot that rises for excitement
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action
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an imaginary creation of an author's mind-make believe. The opposite is non-fiction or a true story
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fiction
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the character opposting the protagonist
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antagonist
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the repetition of letter sounds within a line of poetry
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alliteration
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a unit of meter
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metric foot
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a fictitious name-a pen name
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pseudonym
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a detailed presentation of everyday experience or subjects as if they had been caught by a camera to make them real
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realism
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a word which sounds like what it is
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Onomatopoeia
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main character(s) of West Side Story
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Tony, Maria
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poetry which contains rhythm but not rhyme
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Blank verse
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the author of a play
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playwright
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main character(s) of "Judge"
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John Haskell
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a speech given by a character alone on stage which gives his/her innermost thoughts and feelings
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aside
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a comparison between 2 unalike things using either like or as
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simile
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words which sound alike at the end of a line of poetry
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end rhyme
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(UL) A line of meter consisting of 1 unstressed syllable followed by 1 stressed syllable
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Iamb
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main character(s) of "The Cask of Amontillado"
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Montressor
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main character(s) of "The Tell-Tale Heart"
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the Narrator
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main character(s) of "The Reef"
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Jim Tom, Jimmy Tom
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a two line stanza
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couplet
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a person who portrays a character
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actor/actress
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the repetition of consonant sounds within a line of poetry
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consonance
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a word picture
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image
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5 UL to 1 line of poetry (a type of meter)
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Iambic Pentameter
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(n.) a major division of a play
(v.) to portray the role of a character in a play |
Act
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a 4 line stanza
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quatrain
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ABAB-CDCD-EFEF-GG
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Shakespearean Sonnet
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all the props and backdrops used to make the setting of an act or scene believable
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scenery
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main character(s) of "The Necklace"
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Mathilde Loisel
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a wooden or canvas structure upon which the background of an act or scene is painted
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backdrop
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author of "The Necklace"
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Guy de Maupassant
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the objects used to make the setting of an act or scene believable
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props
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author of West Side Story
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Arthur Lawrents
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author of Odyssey
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Homer
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the use of objects or words to represent something other than their normal meanings
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symbolism
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author of "The Interlopers"
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Saki (H.H.Munro)
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indications of events to follow given through dialogue or mime
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foreshadowing
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author of "The White Circle"
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John Bell Clayton
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author of The Pearl
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John Steinbeck
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author of Cold Sassy Tree
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Olive Ann Burns
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author of Freak the Mighty
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Rodman Philbrick
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main character(s) of "The Interlopers"
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Ulrich von Gradwitz,
Georg Znaeym |
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author of Romeo + Juliet
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Shakespeare
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main character(s) of "The Land Lady"
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Billy Weaver
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main character(s) of Cold Sassy Tree
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Will Tweety, Grandpa Blakslee, Miss Love
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the main character in a story
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protagonist
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main character(s) of Romeo + Juliet
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Romeo, Juliet, Benvolio
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author of "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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the characteristic appearance, mannerisms, speech, dress, of a place, or period
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local color
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main character(s) of The Count of Monte Cristo
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Edmond Dantes, Maximilien, Mercedes, Albert
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the emotional atmosphere created in a story
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mood
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time and location are given through and actor's lines
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setting reference
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when the opposite of the expected happens to twist the plot of a story
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Irony (comic or tragic)
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all the events in the plot which lead up to the climax
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rising action
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a narrative prose story presenting a central theme, impression and/or characterization, usually under 10,000 words
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Short Story
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the pattern of events, incidents or situations of a story
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plot
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a struggle between two opposing forces
The main conflicts of literature are one of the following: 1.man vs. man 2.man vs. self 3.man vs. nature |
conflict
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the person telling the story-1st person, 3rd person or omniscient__________
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narrator
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a hint or clue of what may happen later in the story
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foreshadowing
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a major division of a poem based upon a thought or form
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stanza
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the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables within a line of poetry
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meter
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a comparison between 2 unalike things
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metaphor
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a combination of contradictory words
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oxymoron
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extreme exaggeration
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hyperbole
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ABBA ABBA CDE CDE
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Petrarchan Sonnet
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more than 1 meaning or interpretation
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double entendre
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positions and movements given by the director to actors/actresses for a scene
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blocking
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author of "Judge"
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Walter D. Edmonds
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author of "The Reef"
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Sam Scoville, Jr.
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author of "The Tell-Tale Heart"
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Edgar Allan Poe
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author of "The Land Lady"
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Roald Dahl
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author of The Count of Monte Cristo
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Alexandre Dumas
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composer for West Side Story
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Lenard Bernstein
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main character(s) of "The Open Window"
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Mr. Nuttle/ Vera
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main character(s) of "The Thousand Dollar Bill"
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Henry Armstrong
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main character(s) of "The White Circle"
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Tucker
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main character(s) of The Pearl
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Kino, Coyotito, Juana
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main character(s) of Freak the Mighty
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Max Cain, Kevin
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main character(s) of The Odyssey
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Odysseus, Penelope, Athena
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main character(s) of Great Expectations
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Pip(Philip Pirrip), Estella, Biddy
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author of "The Thousand Dollar Bill"
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Manuel Komroff
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author of "The Open Window"
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Saki (H.H.Munro)
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