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85 Cards in this Set
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Plot
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incidents or events which compose the story
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event
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something that takes place
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incident
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minor even or condition related to another
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Action
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series of events that form part of a plot
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introduction
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introduces setting, characters, and basica situation. Begins the plot
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inciting incident
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point at which the conflit is introduced
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rising action
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events that lead to the climax
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climax
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highest point of interest where conflict is resolved
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falling action
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all action leading from the climax to the conclusion
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denouement
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solution or unraveling of main conflict
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conclusion
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the "winding up" of the sotry
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conflict
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clash of opposing forces
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protaganist
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main character
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antagonist
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forces that oppose the main character
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setting
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when and where the story takes place
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Dilemma
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choice between two undesirable courses of actions
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crisis
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turning point in action where character must make a decision to determine the outcome
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forshadowing
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hints of what will happen later in the story
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flashback
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when character thinks back to an event that happened before the story began
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suspense
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device used to develop plot and keep readers interested
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mystery
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unknown
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fiction
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invented work created from imagination. work not presented as fact but may be based on a true story
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story
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piece of fiction that narrates chain of events
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direct presentation
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characterization told through the author
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indirect presentation
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characterization shown through the characters
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character
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person presented through dialogue, actions, etc..
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static characters
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remain stable in attitude (don't change)
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dynamic characters
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undergo personal development (they do change)
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flat characters
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have a single quality, don't know much about them
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rounch characters
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many sided character, easily defined
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stereotype
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generalization about person or group, character you know b/c you've seen them too often.
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stock characters
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types of characters which have been repeatedly used
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character story
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a story in which character is more important than action
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theme
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an underlying thought or idea
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explicit theme
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when theme is stated directly
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implicit theme
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when theme has to be inferred
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moral
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conclusion drwn from events of story
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central purpose
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reason the author wrote the story
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narrator
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person who tells the story
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point of view
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how the story is told
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irony
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unexpected twist
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tone
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attitude towards the subject
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denotation
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dictionry definiton or a word
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connotation
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implied meaning of a word emphatically emphasizing what you are saying
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exemplifies
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giving examples
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mood
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emotional background
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style
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expresses author's individuality through choice of words
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contrast
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shows difference between things or people
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description
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adds to realism, gives detailed picture about someone or something
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metaphor
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implied comparison
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simile
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comparison using 'like' or 'as'
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personification
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gives human qualities to inanimate objects
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hyperbole
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exaggeration
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metonymy
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word that relates to an object describes the object itself
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synecdoche
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takes part of object to describe the whole
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onomatopoeia
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words that imitate or suggest the meaning of wut is being described
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alliteration
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repetition of the same consonant sound
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assonance
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repetition of same vowel sound
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apostrophe
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dressing an inanimate object as if it were alive.
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litotes
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understatment (opposite of hyperboble)
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stanzas
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one of the divisions of a poem, composed of two or more lines usually characterized by a common pattern of meter, rhyme and number of lines
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epic
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long narrative poem
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ballad
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a story told in a song
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ode
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long lyric poem
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song
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poem adapted to vocal music
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sacred lyrics
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name for hymns
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elegy
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poem that expresses mourning
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sonnet
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lyric poem consisting of single stanza or fourteen lines linked by intricate rhyme scheme
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descriptive poetry
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describes something through sense images
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humorous poetry
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provide nonsensical forms for purely entertainment purpose
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concrete poetry
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exploits the graphic poem written in shapes of subject
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rhyme
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repetition of similar sounds often occuring at set intervals and at the end
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end rhyme
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rhyme that occurs at the end of the line
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internal rhyme
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rhyme that occurs withing a line
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true rhyme
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occurs when initial consonants change but succeeding vowels and consonants stay the same
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Ear rhyme
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occurs when words a spelled differently but sound the same
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half rhyme
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occurs when changes withing the vowel sounds of the words are meant to rhyme
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eye rhyme
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hen words are spelled the same and look alike but sound different
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identical rhyme
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when the same word is repeated for emphasis
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meter
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rhythm of a poem
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foot
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unit rhythm
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free verse
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usually unrhymed lines and no fixed pattern
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blank verse
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verse consisting of unrhymed lines, usually of iambic pentameter
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iambic
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unstressed, stressed
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trochaic
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a metrical unit with stressed, unstressed syllables
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