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30 Cards in this Set
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The moment of highest suspense in the story
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climax
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The overall feeling of a literary work
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mood
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The series of related events in a story
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plot
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A distinct type or category of a literary work
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genre
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The struggle between two opposing forces
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conflict
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The method or methods that the author uses to maintain the reader's interest
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suspense
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The conclusion or end of a story where the conflict is resolved
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resolution
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Presents the conflict characters must overcome and the situation is established
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rising action
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The main character is known as the
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protagonist
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The opposing character is known as the
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antagonist
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The time and place of a story
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setting
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Person vs. nature is this kind of conflict
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external conflict
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The use of exaggeration to produce a comic effect
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hyperbole
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Person vs. him/herself is this kind of conflict
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internal conflict
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The main idea or message of a literary work
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theme
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The part of the story that introduces the plot
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exposition
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The author's attitude, stated or implied toward a subject and audience
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tone
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The methods an author uses to reveal the chracters in the story to the reader
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characterization
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Occurs when the audience or reader knows more than the characters do
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dramatic irony
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Something in a story that has meaning in itself but represents something else as well
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symbol
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The action that follows the climax and leads to the resolution of the story
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falling action
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A reasonable conclusion drawn from hints or other information given by the author
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inference
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The use of clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story
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foreshadowing
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A brief fictional narrative
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short story
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An interruption in the story to go back in time
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flashback
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A situation turns out to be completely different from what the reader expects
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situational irony
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The emotional associations surrounding a word as opposed to its literal meaning
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connotation
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Point of view when the narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can enter the minds of more than one character
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third person omniscient
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Literary work in which the author ridicules the vices or follies of people and society for purposes of producing a change in attitude or action
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satire
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Point of view when the narrator is an outsider who sees into the mind of one of the characters
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third person limited
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