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17 Cards in this Set
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theme |
a central message or insight used through a literary work. it is a generalization about people or life. |
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universal theme |
a message about life that can be understood by most people in most cultures. |
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atmosphere (mood) |
the feeling created in the reader created by the writer's diction and the details selected |
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antagonist |
the person or force which struggles against, opposes, or blocks the hero, or protagonist, in a story |
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protagonist |
the central character in a story, the one who drives or initiates the action |
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tragic flaw |
a specific characteristic that leads to the downfall of a character |
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antihero |
central character who lacks all the qualities traditionally associated with heroes. may lack courage, grace, intelligence, or moral scruples. |
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cliche |
a word or phrase, often a figure of speech, that has become lifeless because of overuse. |
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external conflict |
conflicts can exist between two people, between a person and nature or a machine, or between a person and a whole society. |
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internal conflict |
a conflict can be internal, involving apposing forces within a persons mind. |
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setting |
the time, place and historical or cultural environment of a story |
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tone |
the attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters in it, or the audience, revealed through diction, language, and organization. |
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point of view |
is the narrator |
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first person |
a character in the story narrating, using personal pronouns such as I, me, us, we |
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second person |
the narrator addressing the audience as you |
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third limited |
narrator is outside the story and follows the thoughts and actions of one character |
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third omniscient |
when the narrator is god-like and knows and sees all characters thoughts |
