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26 Cards in this Set
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suspense
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a feeling of growing tension and excitement felt by a reader. Writers create suspense by raising questions in readers' minds about what might happen
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tone
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the writer's attitude about his or her subject
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novel
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a work of fiction that is longer and more complex than a short story. A novel's setting, plot, characters and theme are ususally developed in greater detail than a short story
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symbolism
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something that has meaning in itself but suggests other meaning as well ex: a dove symbolizes peace
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irony
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a form of figurative language in which something is highly exaggerated
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literal language
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language that means exactly what it says. There is no deeper meaning to the statement. ex: the house is red
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dialogue
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words that the characters speak out
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foreshadowing
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a writer provides hints that suggest the future events in the story
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empathy
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the projection of one's personality into the personality of another in order to understand him better; ability to share another's emotion or feelings
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inference
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logical guess or conclusion based on evidence
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surprise ending
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an unexpected plot twist at the end of a story
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imagery
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words amd phrases that appeal to the reader's senses. Writers use sensory details to help readers imagine how things look,smell,sound and taste
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fantasy
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story that takes place in an unreal, imaginary world
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flashback
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an interruption in the action to present a scene that took place at an earlier time
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moral
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lesson that a story teaches
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metaphor
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comparison of two things that have some quality in common. It does not use like or as; it simply says one thing is another. ex: The night is a dark curtain
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visualizing
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process of forming a mental picture based on a written description
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genre
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a type or category of literature like fiction, non-fiction, poetry
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author's purpose
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the reason for creating a particular work. It may be to entertain, to explain or inform, to express an opinion or to persuade readers to do or believe something
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external confilict
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character struggles against another character or some outside force (like nature)person vs.person, person vs. nature
person vs. animal person vs. machine person vs. society |
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theme
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message about life or human nature that is conveyed by a literary work
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hyperbole
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a form of figurative language in which something is highly exaggerated
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figurative language
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language that has deeper meaning beyond the literal meaning. Examples include symbols, metaphors, similes and hyperboles
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internal confilict
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struggle within a character
person vs. self |
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mood
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feeling that the literary work conveys to readers example: happy, sad, menacing
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simile
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comparison of two things that have some quality in common using like or as ex: The night fell like a dark curtain
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