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30 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Foreshadowing
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The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story.
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Inciting Force
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The event or character that triggers the conflict.
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Exposition
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The introductory material which gives the setting, creates the tone, presents the characters, and presents other facts necessary to understanding the story.
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Conflict
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character versus.. character, Nature, Society, or Self
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Rising Action
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A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting force and ends with the climax.
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Crisis
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The conflict reaches a turning point. At this point the opposing forces in the story meet and the conflict becomes most intense. The crisis occurs before or at the same time as the climax.
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Climax
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The climax is the result of the crisis. It is the high point of the story for the reader. Frequently, it is the moment of the highest interest and greatest emotion. The point at which the outcome of the conflict can be predicted.
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Falling Action
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The events after the climax which close the story.
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Resolution (Denouement)
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Rounds out and concludes the action.
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dynamic character
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a character who undergoes a permanent change in outlook or character during the story
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characterization
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steal
speech thoughts effects actions looks |
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First Person
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The narrator is a character in the story who can reveal only personal thoughts and feelings and what he or she sees and is told by other characters.
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Third-Person Objective
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The narrator is an outsider who can report only what he or she sees and hears. This narrator can tell us what is happening, but he can’t tell us the thoughts of the characters.
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Third-Person Limited
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The narrator is an outsider who sees into the mind of one of the characters.
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Omniscient
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The narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can enter the minds of more than one of the characters.
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second person
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refers to “you”
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Verbal Irony
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The contrast between what is said and what is actually meant.
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Situational irony
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This refers to a happening that is the opposite of what is expected or intended.
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Dramatic Irony
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This occurs when the audience or reader knows more than the characters know.
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Tone
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The author’s attitude, stated or implied, toward a subject.
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Mood
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The climate of feeling in a literary work. The choice of setting, objects, details, images, and words all contribute towards creating a specific mood.
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SYMBOLISM
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A person, place or object which has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well.
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THEME
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The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.
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IMAGERY
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Language that appeals to the senses
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Simile
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A figure of speech which involves a direct comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words like or as
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Metaphor
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A figure of speech which involves an implied comparison between two relatively unlike things using a form of be.
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Alliteration
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Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words.
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Personification
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A figure of speech which gives the qualities of a person to an animal, an object, or an idea.
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Onomatopoeia
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The use of words that mimic sounds
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Hyperbole
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An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect.
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