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59 Cards in this Set
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Protagonist
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Main Character
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Perspective
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Point of view
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Character
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A person in a book
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Point of view
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The outlook of a character
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Plot
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Pattern of events in a story
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Conflict
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Struggle between oposing forces
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Turning point
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Most exciting part of a story
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Theme
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Message or idea that the author is trying to communicate with the reader
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1st person
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Uses "I" to tell the story
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Setting
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The time,place, and culture in which the story takes place/action happens.
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Rising action
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suspense builds up
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Summary
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the book told in a couple of sentences
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Third Person
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Narrarator uses "he or she"
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Mood
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atmostphere or feeling inside the story creared by the author's word/style
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Falling action
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After the climax, the story starts to wind down.
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Predicate
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The part of sentence that describes the subject of a sentence.
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Preposition
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The part of speech that indicates "relative position" in time or space.
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Nonfiction
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Real
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fiction
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not real; doesn't exisist
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Compare
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To make similarities between two things
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Effect
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An action which makes a problem
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Hierarchy
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A graphic orginizer which get into more and more detail
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Contrast
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To show that something is different
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Problem
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A situation
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Venn diagram
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showing the differences and similarities.
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Enumeration
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a non-fiction structure that discusses different categories,types, or examples of a larger, more general topic.
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Sequence
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Tells a true story in order
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Solution
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a solved problem
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Timeline
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A list of events in the order that they happened.
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Description
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structure that gives informataion about a topic,idea,person,situation, or event by giving facts and details.
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Marred
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to spoil, to ruin the beauty of.
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satirical
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use of sarcasm
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precursor
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a person who is sent to prepare for an announce another's coming
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beheld
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to look at
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formidable
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hard to overcome
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ominously
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unfavorably;threatening
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apprehension
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fear;dread
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estranged
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to turn a person from affection to indifference dislike, or hatred
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urban
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cities or towns
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calamitous
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a great misfortune such as a fire,flood,the loss of sight, or hearing.
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valiant
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brave;courageous
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plaintive
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mourful;sad
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gale
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a very strong wind
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proclaim
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made know public and officially
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profane
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a disreguard about holy things
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fatigue
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wearyness caused by hard work
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assualt
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a sudden virgorous attack
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marooned
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to put a person ashore;alone in a desolant place.
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extort
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obtain by threats,force,fraud,or wrong use of authority.
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Abhorred
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To dest, to reguard with horror
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noxious
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harmful too living things
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drought
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a long period without rainfall
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demure
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modest and reserved in nature or behavior
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dilemma
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a difficult choice that needs to be made in a situation
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prattled
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chatter or talk about meaningless things
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vehemently
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forceful in expression
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destitute
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Poor,withour resources
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Sprawling
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to cause to spread out in a disorderly fashion
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brandish
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to wave menacingly.
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