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80 Cards in this Set
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Plot
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events that take place in a story |
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Setting
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time date and place of story |
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Dialogue |
conversations between characters |
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Dialect
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the use of an accent from a particular area or region |
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Mood
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the atmosphere or overall feeling in a story |
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Suspense
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a feeling of tension……
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Colloquialism
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every day slang or language used in literature |
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Narrator
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person telling the story |
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1st
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I |
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3rd
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names, he, she NO I
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Limited
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only see and hear what one character goes through- can not read minds |
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Omniscient
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All knowing They know thoughts and feelings- like god |
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Oxymoron
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two opposing terms used for description_ jumbo shrimp |
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Irony
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unexpected twist in a story situational, dramatic, verbal |
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dramatic Irony
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when we know something the characters do not know |
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Situational Irony
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something you don’t expect happens |
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Verbal Irony
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words that you say that taken wrong way |
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Simile
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a comparison using like or as |
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Metaphor
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a comparison without using like or as_ he’s a beast |
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Onomatopoeia
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a word that imitates sounds |
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Personification
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giving inanimate object human characteristics |
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Symbol
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represents something in a figurative way |
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Local color
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attitudes, dialect & setting of a particular area or region
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satire
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writing that makes fun of something that we believe in order to make social change |
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Imagery
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a picture an author created with descriptive words (very broad) |
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Foreshadowing
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hints an author gives of events to come
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Flashback
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when an author goes back in events |
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Literary allusion
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when an author refers to another piece of literature he or she assumes the reader will recognize |
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Mood
|
the atmosphere or overall feeling in a story
|
|
|
Suspense
|
a feeling of tension……
|
|
|
Colloquialism
|
every day slang or language used in literature |
|
|
Narrator
|
person telling the story
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1st
|
I
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3rd
|
names, he, she NO I
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|
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Limited
|
only see and hear what one character goes through- can not read minds
|
|
|
Omniscient
|
All knowing They know thoughts and feelings- like god
|
|
|
Oxymoron
|
two opposing terms used for description_ jumbo shrimp
|
|
|
Irony
|
unexpected twist in a story situational, dramatic, verbal
|
|
|
dramatic Irony
|
when we know something the characters do not know
|
|
|
Situational Irony
|
something you don’t expect happens |
|
|
Verbal Irony
|
words that you say that taken wrong way |
|
|
Simile
|
a comparison using like or as
|
|
|
Metaphor
|
a comparison without using like or as_ he’s a beast |
|
|
Onomatopoeia |
a word that imitates sounds
|
|
|
Personification
|
giving inanimate object human characteristics
|
|
|
Symbol
|
represents something in a figurative way
|
|
|
Local color
|
attitudes, dialect & setting of a particular area or region
|
|
|
satire
|
writing that makes fun of something that we believe in order to make social change
|
|
|
Imagery
|
a picture an author created with descriptive words (very broad)
|
|
|
Foreshadowing
|
hints an author gives of events to come
|
|
|
Flashback
|
when an author goes back in events
|
|
|
Literary allusion
|
when an author refers to another piece of literature he or she assumes the reader will recognize |
|
|
Plot
|
events that take place in a story |
|
|
Setting
|
time date and place of story
|
|
|
Dialogue
|
conversations between characters |
|
|
Dialect
|
the use of an accent from a particular area or region
|
|
|
Mood |
the atmosphere or overall feeling in a story
|
|
|
Suspense
|
a feeling of tension……
|
|
|
Colloquialism
|
every day slang or language used in literature
|
|
|
Narrator
|
person telling the story
|
|
|
1st
|
I
|
|
|
3rd
|
names, he, she NO I
|
|
|
Limited
|
only see and hear what one character goes through- can not read minds
|
|
|
Omniscient
|
All knowing They know thoughts and feelings- like god
|
|
|
Oxymoron
|
two opposing terms used for description_ jumbo shrimp
|
|
|
Irony
|
unexpected twist in a story situational, dramatic, verbal
|
|
|
dramatic Irony
|
when we know something the characters do not know
|
|
|
Situational Irony
|
something you don’t expect happens
|
|
|
Verbal Irony
|
words that you say that taken wrong way
|
|
|
Simile
|
a comparison using like or as
|
|
|
Metaphor
|
a comparison without using like or as_ he’s a beast
|
|
|
Onomatopoeia
|
a word that imitates sounds
|
|
|
Personification
|
giving inanimate object human characteristics
|
|
|
Symbol
|
represents something in a figurative way
|
|
|
Local color
|
attitudes, dialect & setting of a particular area or region
|
|
|
satire
|
writing that makes fun of something that we believe in order to make social change
|
|
|
Imagery
|
a picture an author created with descriptive words (very broad)
|
|
|
Foreshadowing |
hints an author gives of events to come
|
|
|
Flashback
|
when an author goes back in events
|
|
|
Literary allusion
|
when an author refers to another piece of literature he or she assumes the reader will recognize
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