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60 Cards in this Set
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songs storys superstitions passed down oraly from one generation to the next |
folk lore |
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gods and goddeses made up by belife |
myth |
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story with some historical truth |
legend |
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tall tale made up by common folk |
folktale |
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teaches a lesson with animals |
fable |
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coach snider
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legend |
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art of using words efficiently |
rhetoric
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rebirth
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rennasance |
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vilian gets whats comng to him |
poetic justice |
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family superstitions |
satire |
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literary letter |
epistile |
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short story told from memory |
anecdote |
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genra- the main chareter is destin to fall |
tragety |
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writing about someones life |
biography |
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self biography |
autobiography |
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when reality is different then expected |
irony |
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geographical difference in language |
dielect |
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mood |
tone |
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over used expectation |
cliche |
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repetition of vowel sound |
assonance |
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normal English writing |
prose |
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play or play writing |
drama |
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prose fiction can be read in one sitting |
short story |
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made up in authors mind |
fiction |
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long work of prose fiction |
novel |
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tells story |
narrititve |
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from who's eyes the story is coming from |
point of view |
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lesson in the story |
theme |
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people or animals in story |
charecter |
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changes through story |
round character |
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remains the same |
flat character |
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main character you are for |
protaginist |
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person or thing in conflict with main char tear |
antagonist |
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problem or struggle between pro and ant |
conflict |
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the conflict is resolved |
resolution |
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series of events |
plot |
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where and when |
setting |
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highest interest point |
climax |
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author gives clues of whats coming up |
foreshadowing |
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convo between people in story |
diolouge |
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lang with musical quality |
poetry |
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line of poetry |
verse |
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paragraph of poetry |
stanza |
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two line stanza |
couplet |
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3 line stanza |
tercet |
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4 line stanza |
quatrain |
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not to be taken literally |
figurative language |
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exaggeration EX this bag weighs a ton |
hyperbole |
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compare with like or as |
simile |
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compare not using like or as |
metaphor |
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contradictory word or phrase |
oxymoron |
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give human traits to animals or objects |
personify |
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narritive to a musical beat |
ballad |
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repitition of continent sound |
alliteration |
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repeted of word or line in poem |
refrain |
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something else |
symbol |
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mental picture |
image |
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above and beyond |
trancend |
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think out loud |
solilogy |
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referring to other work. Like the bible or other poems |
allusion |
