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21 Cards in this Set
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alliteration
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A repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of words
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Allusion
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A reference to a famous person, place, event or work of literature
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Antagonist
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The bad guy; the force working against the protagonist
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Authers purpose
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The authors reason writing this particular piece of information
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autobiography
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A non-fiction selection written about a person by that person
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biography
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the story of a persons life written by someone else
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cause
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why an event happens
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effect
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what happens(follows the cause)
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character
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person, animal, or imaginary creature that the story is about
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major character
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a character the story is mainly about
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minor character
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a less important character
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characterization
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all the techniques writers use to create and develop characters
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chronological order
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the order in which things happen in time
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climax
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in the plot of the story, the turning point or the most exiting part
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conflict
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struggle between opposing forces
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internal conflict
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struggle within a character
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external conflict
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a character struggles against another character or an outside force
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contrast
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pointing out differences between things
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dialect
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a form of language that is spoken in a certain place or group of people
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dialogue
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The words that characters speak aloud
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drawing conclusions
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combing several pieces of information to make an inference
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