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15 Cards in this Set
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setting
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the time and place of a story, play, or narrative poem
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plot
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the series of related events that make up a narrative, such as a story, novel, or epic
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conflict
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a struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces, or emotions
-internal -external |
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characterization
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the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character
-protagonist -antagonist |
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irony
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a contrast or discrepancy between expectations and reality - between what is expected and what really happens, or between what appears to be true and what really is true
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theme
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the central idea or insignt of a work of literature
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symbol
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a person, place, thing, or event that stands both for itself and for soemthing beyond itself
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point of view
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the vantage point from which a writer tells a story
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motif
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in literature, a word, character, object, image, metaphor, or idea that recurs in a work or several works
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allegory
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a story in which the characters, settings, and events stand for abstract or moral concepts
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mythic hero
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male/female. remarkable birth or childhood. often offspring of a god and human and possess qualities of both
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folktale hero
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very ordinary person usually. may not have superhuman abilities. kind/clever/resourceful
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quest
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a journey taken in search of something of value
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hubris
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overbearing pride or presumption, arrogance
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metamorphosis
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change in physical form, structure, or substance, especially by supernatural means
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