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34 Cards in this Set
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Climax
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high point of tension or excitment in the story; turning point
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stanza
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A ormal divison of lines in a poem, considered as a unit
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aside
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Short speech in which a character "talks under his breath" to reveal his thoughts
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protagonist
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main character
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epic
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narrative poem about the deeds of gods and heros
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couplet
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a pair of rhyming lines
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onomatopiea
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use of words that imitate sounds
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metphor
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compqrison of 2 unlike things without using like or as
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allusion
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reference to a well-known personplace event literary work or work of art
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simile
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compariosn of two like things using like or as
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setting
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time and place of ction
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monolouge
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long speech by one character in a play while others are present
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antagonist
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characters who cause conflict for the protagonist
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tragedy
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a work of literature that results in catostrophe for the main character
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sonnet
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a fourteen line lyric
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assonance
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repetition of vowel sounds
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soliloquy
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long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on the stage
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conflict
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a struggle between opposing forces
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foreshadowing
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clues that suggest events have yet to occur
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hyperbole
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extreme exaggeration
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alliteration
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repitition of initial concsenct
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consence
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repition of similar conscent sounds
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meter
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rhythmical pattern
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rhymes
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the repition of sounds at the end of the word
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three main genres
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prose, drama, poetry
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flat character
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little/no descriptive
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round character
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descriptive
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static character
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no change
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dynamic character
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change in character
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suprise ending
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a surprise ending
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1st person pov
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through one characters eyes
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3rd person omniscent
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knowing all
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3rd person limmited
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fly on the wall
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2nd peron pov
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saying you
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