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10 Cards in this Set
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Exposition |
the essential background information at the beginning of a literary work |
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Rising action |
the development of conflict and complications in a literary work |
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Climax |
the turning point in a literary work |
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Falling Action |
results or effects of the climax of a literary work |
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Resolution/denouement |
end of a literary work when loose ends are tied up and questions are answered |
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Alliteration |
repetition of the initial consonant sounds of a word: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" |
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Allusion |
a reference to something well-known that exists outside the literary work |
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Antagonists |
character that is the source of conflict in a literary work |
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Aside |
a dramatic device in which a character makes a short speech intended for the audience but not heard by the other characters on stage |
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Assonance |
repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds: "Anna's apples" "the pond is long gone" |
