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28 Cards in this Set
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foreshadowing
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events or symbols occurring early in a story which hint at the outcome of the plot
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climax
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the point of the story whihc everything leads up to; the highest point of action
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plot
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a series of events which makes up a story; what happens in a story
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irony
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an unexpected twist of events in a story
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symbol
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an object or event which, because of the way it is used comes to mean more than it usually does; somethign tha tstands for another bigger idea
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motivation
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the moving force behind a character's actions and wordsl the personality traits that influence his actions
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tone, mood, atmosphere
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the all-over feeling a story has around it, such as calmness, horror, fun, etc.
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theme
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the central idea or subject of a story
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moral
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what a story tries to teach its reader to do or be
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conflict
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problems on which stories are based; may occur between individuals and/or groups of humans or animals
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inconguity
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two things which do not "fit" together normally
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universality
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that which is true for almost everyone, almost ever place, at almost any time
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exposition
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the setting forth of the major conflict of the story
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denouement
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the part of the story in which tension is relaxed and the reader is let down gently to an ending
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resolution
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the tying up of loose ends of a storyl the solving of all the conflicts
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crisis
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the decisive moment in a literary plot
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setting
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the time and place of a story
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point of view
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advantage point of a perspective from the narrator
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understatement
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"sarcasm" (ie: no kidding)
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character
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individuals/actors/people in the story
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objective
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"like a reporter" what you're going after. goal
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omniscient
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all knowing
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flashback
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memory
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allusion
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trick to the eyes
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flat character
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one dimensional, very predictable
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hero
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main character, protagonist of the story
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foil
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when something contradicts something else
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antagonist
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villain of the story
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