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36 Cards in this Set
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setting |
when and where a story takes place |
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genra |
a catagory |
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biography |
a story about someones life written by someone else |
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autobiography |
a story written about someones life written by that person |
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point of view |
the perspective the story is written from |
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alliteration |
repetition of the beginning sounds of words |
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simile |
comparing 2 things using 'like' or 'as' |
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compare |
similarities |
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contrast |
differences |
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plot summary |
a brief description of what happens in the story |
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sequence |
order |
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conflict |
problem |
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resolution |
solution |
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characters |
who or what is in the story |
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dialogue |
conversation |
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protagonist |
good guy |
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antagonist |
bad guy |
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onomatopeia |
word that makes a sound |
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personification |
giving human characteristic to a animal or thing |
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stanza |
paragraph of a poem |
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pun |
play on words |
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infer |
read between the lines |
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haiku |
3 line japanese poem |
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denotation |
what the word actually means |
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connotation |
words implied meaning |
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plot twist |
unexpected change in the story |
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footnotes |
additional info at the bottom of the page |
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fact |
can be proven |
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opinion |
based on personal thoughts |
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repetition |
happens over and over |
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mood |
feeling of the story |
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cause |
reason something happened |
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effect |
what happened as a result |
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pacing |
speed at which something goes |
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dialect |
how something says something |
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theme |
subject of writing |
