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25 Cards in this Set
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ANECDOTE
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A brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event told to entertain or make a point.
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DESCRIPTION
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A portrait in words of a person, place, or object using sensory details(sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch).
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DIALECT
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A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group.
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FANTASY
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Highly imaginative writing that contains elements not found in real life
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FORESHADOWING
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The use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur.
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IMAGERY
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Descriptive words used in literature to create “mental pictures” for the reader
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IRONY
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A literary term referring to how a person, situation, statement, or circumstance is not as it would seem. Many times it is the exact opposite of what it appears to be.
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DRAMATIC IRONY
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When there is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader/audience know to be true
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IRONY OF SITUATION
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When an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience.
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VERBAL IRONY
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When either the speaker means something totally different than what he is saying or the audience realizes, because of their knowledge of the particular situation to which the speaker is referring, that the opposite of what a character is saying is true
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NARRATION
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Writing that tells a story
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NARRATIVE
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A story told in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or drama.
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NONFICTION
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Writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, or ideas. Writing that is true.
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PLOT
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The sequence of events in a literary work
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CONFLICT
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A struggle between opposing forces.
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CLIMAX
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The high point or point of interest/suspense in a story
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ANTICLIMAX
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The turning point in a story but unlike a climax, it is a letdown.
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DENOUEMENT/
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The final outcome of the main complication in a play or story.
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FIRST-PERSON POINT OF VIEW
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The story told from a character in the story’s point of view. Could be a major, minor, or witness character.
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THIRD-PERSON OMNISCIENT POINT OF VIEW
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The point of view of a narrator who is not a character in the story but is “all knowing” and can tell the reader what any character thinks and feels.
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THIRD-PERSON LIMITED POINT OF VIEW
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The point of view of a narrator who is not a character in the story and who only sees the world and thoughts of one character in the story.
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SETTING
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The time, place, and social conditions of the action in a story.
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TONE
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The writer’s attitude toward his/her audience and subject.
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EXPOSITION
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Writing or a speech that explains a process or presents information such as; characters or setting in a story
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