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29 Cards in this Set
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alliteration
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repition of initial consonant sounds
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comedy
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literary work that has a happy ending
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exposition
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writing or speech that explains a process or presents information
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theme
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central message or insight into life revealed through the literary work
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oxymoron
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ex - bitter sweet
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rising action
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action leading to climax
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soliloquy
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long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage
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tragedy
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work of literature that results in a catastrophe for the main character
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aside
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short speech delivered by an actor in a play
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conflict
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struggle between opposing forces
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falling action
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action following the climax
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foreshadowing
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use of a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur
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personification
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giving human-like traits to an inanimate object
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round character
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many different traits
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sonnet
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14-line lyric poem usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter
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blank verse
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poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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dialogue
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conversation between characters
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flashback
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thinking back to a previous time
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imagery
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descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader
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pun
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short joke
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setting
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time and place of the action
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subplot
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smaller plot within the main plot
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climax
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high point of suspense or interest
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dramatic irony
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contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader knows
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flat character
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"flat", only one defined trait
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narrator
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speaker or character who tells a story
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resolution
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end
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simile
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figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison between two unlike ideas
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symbol
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anything that stands for or represents something else
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