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10 Cards in this Set
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Climax
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The moment of highest emotional intensity in a plot, when the outcome of the conflict is finally made clear to us
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Comedy
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A literary work, generally amusing, which usually ends happily because the hero or heroine is able to overcome obstacles and get what he or she wants.
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Conflict
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A struggle between two opposing forces in a piece of literature
1. Man vs. Man 2. Man vs. Society 3. Man vs. Nature 4. Man vs. Himself |
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Connotation
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The suggested meanings of a word or phrase; the meanings and feelings that have become associated with the word, in addition to its explicit meaning.
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Couplet
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A pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry.
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Denotation
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The explicit meaning of a word, as listed in a dictionary
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Diction
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A writer's choice of words
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Drama
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A story written to be acted out on a stage.
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Epic
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A long narrative poem that usually centers on a single important character who embodies the value of a particular society.
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Epiphany
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A sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something.
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