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45 Cards in this Set
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hart
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n.pl.
a male deer |
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eunuch
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n.
a castorated man |
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woo
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tr. v.
to seek the affection with the intent to romance |
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chrlish
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adj.
vulgar |
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wanton
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adj.
cruel |
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gull
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n.
a person whom is easily tricked |
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action
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the serios of related incidents or occorences
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antagonist
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the charecter who directly opposes the main charecter in a story or play
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dynamic charecter
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a charecter who grows or devvelops during the action of the story or play
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static charecter
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one who remains the same during the falling of the action
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charecterization
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a portrayal of charecter through what they say or do and through what other carecters say about them
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climax
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the desisive moment in the conflict of a story or play
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conflict
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struggle between opposing forces
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exposition
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wher the author conveys the background material which the reader must know about the charecters and events in order to understand the problem to be solved
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fantasy
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ian imaginitive work
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figuritive language
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language that uses imaginative devices
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flashback
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a device by which an augher interrupts a play or story to reveal events that occured at an earlier time
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forshadowing
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planting of important clues
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genre
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type of literature
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metaphor
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a coparison between two charecters without using like or as
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mood
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state of mind or feeling created
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narraration
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the recounting of a an event or series of events
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plot
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interrelated events
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point of view
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the out look or position
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protagonist
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main charecter
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realism
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a manner of writing in which things are presented as they actually exist in real life
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resolution
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final outcome
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setting
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time and place
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simile
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a comparison using like or as
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symbol
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a person or thing that exists and has mening in itself and also suggests a further meaning
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theme
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central thought
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tone
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feeling conveyed
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decadence
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adj.
wounderful, rich |
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ether
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n.
clas of organic compounds |
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fetid
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adj.
having offensive odor |
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incongruous
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adj
not in agreement |
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testtudineous
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adj.
resembling a shell of a tortise |
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apocryphal
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adj.
of questionable athority |
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mince
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tr. v.
cut or chop |
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spinserish
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n.
single woman |
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righteosly
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adj.
morally upright |
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metromome
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n.
a device used to mark time |
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queer
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adj.
strange |
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unfurling
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tr. v.
to spred or open something |
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sauntered
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n.
a leisurly place |
