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21 Cards in this Set
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Suspense
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the feeling of being insecure
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Conflict
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a problem, clash, or battle
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Irony
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the direct opposite of what is really meant
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Setting
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a place and time a story takes place
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Flash-back
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to focus one's mind or vividly remember a past time
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Genre
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a category or entertainment characterized by a particular style,form, or content
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Mood
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the expression of mood especially in art or literature
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Dialect
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a character's lines or words
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Imagery
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language appeals to the sense
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Atmosphere
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the sourondings
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Inference
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a predication or guess based on prior knowledge of what u know
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Stereotype
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a standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgmen
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Metaphor
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figure of speech that makes comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing
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Foreshadowing
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the use of clues that hint at events that will accur later in a plot
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Point of View
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vantage point from which a writer tells a story
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Personification
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a metaphor in which a nonhuman thing is talked about as a human
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Internal Conflict
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a problem within the mind
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Climax
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a moment or great emotional intensity or suspense in a plot
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Resolution
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the act of answering
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External Conflict
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a problem out side the mind
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Cause and Effect
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when something happens causing a reaction to it
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