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26 Cards in this Set
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Characterization
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The methods used to present the personality of a character in a work of literature
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Characters
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Persons-or animals or natural forces represented as persons-in a work of literature
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Climax
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The high part of a plot
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Connotation
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The suggested meanings of a word or phrase
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Description
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A kind of writing that uses sensory details to re-create a person, place, a thing, or an event.
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Diction
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A writer's choice of words
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Essay
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A brief examination of a subject in prose usually expressing a personal or limited view of a topic.
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Fiction
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Any work of literature that includes material that is ivented or imagined.
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Foreshadowing
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The use of clues that hint at important plot developments.
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Irony
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A contrast or discrepancy between what is ststed and what is really meant.
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Metaphor
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A comparison made between two things which are basically dissimilar, with the intent of giving added meaning to one of them.
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Narration
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The kind of writing or speaking that relates a series of events.
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Novel
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A long fictional narrative.
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Personification
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A figure of speech in which nonhuman things are given human-like characteristics.
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Plot
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The sequence of related events that make up a story.
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Point of view
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The vantage point from which a narrative is told.
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Protagonist
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The hero of a story
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Rising action
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The series of events in a drama that leads up to a turning point.
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Satire
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A literary work that mocks or ridicules the stupidity of things in general.
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Setting
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The time and place of a story.
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Short Story
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A fictional narrative that is shorter than a novel.
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Simile
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A direct comparison to two unlike things.
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Symbol
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Something in a literary work which maintains its own meaning
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Theme
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The main idea
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Tone
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The attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work of literature
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Turning point
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That crucial moment in a drama or story in which the fate of the hero is sealed.
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