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39 Cards in this Set
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Sequence of events in a literary work: Involves to basic elements: events and characters
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Plot
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establishes setting, identifies major characters, introduces the basic situation
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Exposition
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creates the central conflict
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Inciting Incident
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all events BEFORE the climax
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Rising Action
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high point of interest or suspense; the TURNING POINT in the story
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Climax
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all events AFTER the climax
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Falling Action
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the solving of the central conflict
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Resolution
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any events that occur AFTER the resolution and ties up any loose ends
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Denouement
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The act of creating and developing a character both directly and indirectly
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Characterization
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the main character
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Protagonist
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whatever opposing force the protagonist struggles with, such as another character, group(society), enviorment, or somethng within the protagonist
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Antagonist
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the author DIRECTLY states the character's traits for qualities
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Direct
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the author allows reader to draw his own conlusion through actions and dialogue, i.e. showing writing
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Indirect
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fully develpoed with both good and bad traits shown and background
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Round
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few personality traits are shown and usually stereotyped no background given
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Flat
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does NOT change through the course of the story or novel
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Static
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a character who changes throughout the story (perhaps as a result of the conflict)
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Dynamic
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A struggle between two opposing force....Two types
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Conflict
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External(3 types)
First type |
Man v. Nature
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External(3 types)
Second type( another character) |
Man v. Man
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External Conflict(3 types)
third type( a group of people) |
Man v. Society
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psychological( character stuggles within his own conscience,such as a moral dilemma: Should I or shouldn't I......
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Internal Conflict
(Man v. Self) |
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the main problem facing the protagonist throughout the story
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Central Conflict
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Th central message, concern, or insight into life expressed indirectly in a literary work; an implied MORAL or LESSON
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Theme
Can be expressed in a single sentence The theme of...... is that.......... |
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Time and place of the action
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Setting
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(sequence of events) The basic organization or arrangement of events, details, words, or parts in a literary work. Usually, events are in CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
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Structure
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A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art that readers who are culturally literate will recognize and understand; often used metaporicall
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Allusion
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An interruption in the actions of a story to show an episode that happened at an earlier time
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Flashbacks
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CLUES that suggest events that have yet to occur; it often allows the reader to make predictions while reading and builds SUSPENSE
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Foreshadowing
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A contrast between ehat is said an what is meant or between what you EXPECT and what ACTUALLY happens
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Irony
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Literature that ridicules people, ideas, customs, or organization in order to expose their follies or evils and thereby to correct them
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Satire
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CONCRETE OBJECTS or images that represent abstract ideas but the author does not explicitly make a comparison, e.g. our flag= freedom, independence, equality. Themes are often presented using _______
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Symbolism
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The REPETITION of BEGINNING constant sounds, e.g. Kevin carved he crusty bread carefully
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Alliteration
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____ is an EXAGGERATED statement to achieve emphasis. " He couldn't punch his way out of a paper bag" and "It's raining the size of golf balls are____, deliberate exaggerations
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Hyperbole
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The use of descriptive details to help the reader see, hear, smell, taste, or feel...and create an emotional response in the reader
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Imagery: Sensory Language
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The comparison of one thing to another WITHOUT the use of like or as, e.g. the road was a ribbon of moonlight.
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Metaphor
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An ___ _____ is one that makes more than one point of comparison: the metaphor is used throughout the story
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Extended Metaphor
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A non-human subject is given human characteristics, e.g. the wave swallowed the ship.
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Personification
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A Direct comparison between two unlike subjects USING like or as, e.g. MY brain filled with fear like a drowning man's lungs fill with water.
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Simile
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