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21 Cards in this Set
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Novella |
A work of fiction that is longer than a short story but shorter than a novel |
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Plot |
The sequence of events in which each event results from a previous one and causes the next |
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Point of view |
The perspective , or vantage point from which a story is told. |
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First person |
The story is told by someone who uses the pronoun I |
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Omniscient |
When a narrator tells abot what each character feels and thinks |
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Second person |
The narrator uses the pronoun you to refer to the characters |
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Third person |
The narrator uses the pronouns he and she to refer to the characters |
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Prefix |
A letter or group of letters added tot he beggining of a word to change its meaning. |
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Protagonist |
The main character in literary work, the good guy. |
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Resolution |
The outcome of the conflict ina plot |
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Response |
To literature a written analytical response to a piece of literature |
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Root word |
A base word that can not be divided up into different meanings |
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Setting |
The time and place of the action in literary work. |
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Spatial order |
Ordering something so it is in order according to space |
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Suffix |
A letter or group of letters added to the of a word to chand its meaning. |
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Suspense |
A feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work |
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Symbol |
Anything that stands for or represent something else |
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Theme |
A central massage, concern, or purposes in a literary work |
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Thesis |
The main idea that is to be addressed in literary work |
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Tone |
The writer's attitude toward his or her audience or subject |
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Trasistions |
The move a written work along and create organization |