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18 Cards in this Set
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a brief, often humorous narrative told to illustrate a moral
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fable
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a brief, usually allegorical narrative that teaches a moral
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parable
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a short narrative without a complex plot
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tale
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a humorous short narrative that provides a wildly exaggerated version of events
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tall tale
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a traditional form of short narrative folklore, originally transmitted orally, which features supernatural characters such as witches, giants, fairies, or animals with human personality traits
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fairy tale, folktale
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a prose narrative too brief to be published in a separate volume
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short story
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a narrative in which the main character, usually a child or adolescent, undergoes an important experience that prepares him or her for adulthood
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initiation story
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the main or central character in a narrative
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protagonist
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the most significant character or force that opposes the protagonist in a narrative
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antagonist
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the opening portion of a narrative
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exposition
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the central struggle between two or more forces in a story
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conflict
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the introduction of a significant development in the central conflict between characters
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complication
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the point in a narrative when the crucial action, decision, or realization must take place
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crisis
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the moment of greatest intensity in a story, which almost inevitably occurs toward the end of the work
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climax
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in plotting, the logical end or outcome of a unified plot, shortly following the climax
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conclusion
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an indication of events to come in a narrative
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foreshadowing
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a scene relived in a character's memory
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flashback
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a moment of profound insight or revelation by which a character's life is greatly altered
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epiphany
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