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16 Cards in this Set
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plot |
plot is a literary term used to describe the events that make up a story or the main part of a story. |
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Setting |
SETTING Somewhere where the story takes place. |
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Exposition |
Exposition is a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. |
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Characters |
The people or characters in a story |
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Conflict |
a literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces usually a protagonist and an antagonist |
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. Rising action |
Rising action in a plot is a series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest and tension in a narrative. In literary works, a rising action includes all decisions, characters' flaws and background circumstances that together create turns and twists leading to a climax. |
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Climax |
Climax is a structural part of a plot and is at times referred to as a crisis. |
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Falling Action |
It is one of the elements of the plot of the story, while others are exposition, rising action, climax, and resolution. |
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Resolution |
Resolution is the part of the story's plot line in which the problem of the story is resolved or worked out |
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Dialogue |
A dialogue is a literary technique in which writers employ two or more characters to be engaged in conversation with each other. In literature, it is a conversational passage or a spoken or written exchange of conversation in a group or between two persons directed towards a particular subject |
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Sensory Details |
Sensory details include sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste. Sensory details engage the reader's interest, and should be incorporated to add more depth to your writing. Imagery is the sight sense |
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Suspense |
Suspense is the intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events. ... In writing, there has to be a series of events that leads to a climax that captivates the audience and makes them tense and anxious to know what is going to happen. |
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. Simile |
A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. Unlike a metaphor, a simile draws resemblance with the help of the words “like” or “as” |
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. Metaphor |
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them |
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Hyperbole |
Hyperbole, derived from a Greek word meaning “over-casting” is a figure of speech, which involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis. |
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Theme |
The theme in a story is its underlying message, or 'big idea.' In other words, what critical belief about life is the author trying to convey in the writing of a novel, play, short story or poem? |
