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15 Cards in this Set
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character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works against the main character, or protagonist, in some way
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antagonist
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person who is responsible for the thoughts and actions within a story, poem, or other literature
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character
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conversation b/t characters in a drama or narrative
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diologue
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literature or other types of art that are instructional or informative
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didactic
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literary device that is used when a character reveals his or her innermost thoughts or feelings
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dramatic monologue
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type of language that varies from the norms of literal language, in which words mean exactly what they say
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figurative language (ie. similie or metaphor)
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type of literature
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genre
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type of figurative language in which a statement is made that says one thing is something else but, literally, it is not
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metaphor
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recurring object, concept, or structure in a work of literature
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motif
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one who tells a story, the speaker or the "voice" of an oral or written work
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narrator
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a way the events of a story are conveyed to the reader; vantage point from which the narrative is passed from author to reader
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point of view
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protagonist
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main character or lead figure in novel, play, story, or poem. also referred to as "hero" of a work
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time, place, physical details, and circumstance in which a situation occurs
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setting
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type of figurative language that does not mean exactly what it says
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simile
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a common thread or repeated idea that is incorporated throughout a literary work
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theme
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