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23 Cards in this Set
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metaphor
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comparing 2 unlike things not by using a connecting word
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aside
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words only heard byt he audience or by another character but not overheard by others onstage
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hyperbole
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exaggeration
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simile
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comparing 2 unlike things
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suspense
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uncertainty we feel about what is going to happen next in a story
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onomatopoeia
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use of words whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning
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protagonist
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main character in a story
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antagonist
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something that blocks the antagonist
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symbol
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something that stands for itself n something beyond itself
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tragedy
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story with devestating ending
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folktale
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anonymous story passed down from generation o generation
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nonfiction
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writing dealing with real people and events
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poetry
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type of rythmic compressed language
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drama
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story that is written to be acted for an audience
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imagery
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language that appeals to the senses
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foreshadowing
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clues thathint events that happen
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personification
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when a nonhuman thing is talked about as if human
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fable
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story with moral or lesson
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alliteration
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repeating dimilsr sounds in words that r close together
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theme
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central idea
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pun
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play on different meaning of a word or two words that sound the same but have different meanings
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flashback
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a scene when they look into the past
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soliloquy
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long speech that a character expressed private thoughts or feelings
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