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23 Cards in this Set
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Plot |
The selection and arrangement of the action. |
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Exposition |
The first phase or part of a plot, which sets the scene, introduces and identifies characters, and establishes the situation at the beginning of a story or play |
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Conflict |
The struggle within the plot between opposing forces; for example, the protagonist engages in conflict with the antagonist. |
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Complication |
A character or event that introduces a new conflict or intensifies the existing one, especially during the rising action. |
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Crisis |
The moment when the conflict comes to a head, often requiring the character to make a decision. |
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Climax |
The point at which the action stops rising and begins falling or reversing. |
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Denouement |
Literally "unraveling"- a phase following the conclusion when any loose ends are tied up. |
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In Medias Res |
Literally "in the midst of things," the technique of opening a plot in the middle of the action and filling in past details by means of exposition and flashback. |
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Flashback |
A scene from the fictional past is inserted into the fictional present or is dramatized out of order. |
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Foreshadowing |
A hint or clue about what will happen at a later moment in the plot; the early introduction of verbal and dramatic hints that suggest what is to come later. |
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Epiphany |
A sudden revelation of truth, often inspired by a seemingly simple or commonplace event; a sudden deep realization |
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Narrator |
Person/character who tells and explains story/narrative. |
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First person narrator |
An internal narrator who consistently refers to themselves using the first person pronoun- "i" or "we" |
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Omniscient Narrator |
An all knowing narrator who can describe the inner thoughts and feelings of MULTIPLE CHARACTERS. |
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Limited Omniscient Narrator |
An all knowing narrator who can only describe the inner thoughts and feelings of ONE CHARACTER. |
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Unreliable Narrator |
A narrator who reveals an interpretation of events that is somehow different from the authors own interpretation of those events. |
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Naive Narrator |
Usually characterized by "youthful innocence," this narrator is unreliable because they are inexperienced or innocent, and do not understand the implications of their story. |
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Setting |
The time, place, and social context of the action in a work of fictional, poetry, or drama. |
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Tone |
The attitude a literary work takes toward it's subject, especially the way this attitude is revealed through diction. |
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Irony |
A situation or statement characterized by a significant difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens. |
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Verbal Irony |
When a word or expression in context means something different from, and usually opposite, what it appears to mean. |
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Dramatic Irony |
When there is a gap between what an audience knows and what a character believes or expects(about tension-reader becomes aware but character not) |
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Symbol |
Person, place, thing, or event that figuratively represents or stands for something else. Often the thing or idea represented is more abstract and general, and the symbol is more concrete and particular - example: birds often a symbol of freedom |
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