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27 Cards in this Set
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antagonist
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the force or person opposing the main character
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character
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person appearing in a literay work
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characterazation
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techniques an author uses to develop the personalities of fictional characters so that they seem believable
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climax
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the high point or turning point of the story. The author builds up to the climax through a series of complications
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conflict
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the struggle b/w people, ideas or forces in a story
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dialogue
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speech exchanged b/w characters in a literary work
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dramatic irony
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when the reader knows something that the characters do not know
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epiphany
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the moment when a character learns or realizes something- "light bulb"
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exposition
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the backround information about characters or events that have taken place b4 the opening of the story
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first person point of view
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story is told by a major or minor character
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flashback
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device by which an author interperrupts the logical time sequence of a story to relate an episode that occurred prior to the opening situation
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foil characters
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characters whose personalities directly oppose eachother for the purpose of emphasis by contrast
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foreshadowing
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hints or clues, a shadow of things to come; stimulates interest and suspense
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irony
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the difference b/w what is stated and what is really meant
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mood
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prevailing feeling of literary work
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narrator
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the one who tells the story. May be a major or minor character or an observer of the action
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plot
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the arrangement of incidents, details and elements of conflict in a story; the action
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point of view
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the vantage point from which the story is told
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protagonist
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main character
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setting
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time and place of a story
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situation irony
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when there is a difference between the expected outcome and the actual outcome
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suspense
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the feeling of cuiosity, uncertainty, or anxiety that is created in the reader by events or complications- makes the reader ask what will happen next
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symbol
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person place event or object that has meaning in itself, such as a quality an attitude, belief or value
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theme
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the main idea of a literary work; the general truth behind the story of a particular individual in a particular situtation. The theme is implied, rather than stated
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third person point of view
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story is told by an observer of the action
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tone
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the attitude of the writer toward his or her subject, characters and readers
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verbal irony
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a character says one thing, but means something entirely different
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