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33 Cards in this Set
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Setting |
The time and place of a story |
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Simile |
A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as" |
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Metaphor |
A comparison between two unlike things but does not use "like" or "as" |
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Personification |
Giving human qualities to non-human things |
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Foreshadowing |
Clues in the story to a future event |
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Flashback |
When a narrator refers to action or events that took place in the past |
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Alliteration |
Repetition of the first letter or sound in words |
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Characterization |
How the author describes the character's look and personality |
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Protagonist |
The good guy |
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Antagonist |
the bad guy |
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Mood |
The feeling the reader gets |
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Style |
Shows through when an author wirtes short choppy sentences, uses grammatical devices, or includes many symbols or metaphor in their writing |
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Onomatopoeia |
sounds are spelled out as words |
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Theme |
moral or message to be learned |
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Symbolism |
When an object stands for something greater than itself |
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Rhyme |
When words sound alike |
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Point of Veiw |
The angle from which the story is told |
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First Person |
Uses, "I" "Me" "We" or "us"; the narrator is in the story |
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Second Person |
Uses "you"; narrator is outside of the story |
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Third Peron Limited |
The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character |
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Third Person Omniscient |
The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters |
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Third person Objective |
The narrator is outside and can only report what he or she sees |
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Motivation |
The reason why a character behaves in a certain way; their action or behaviors |
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External Conflict |
The struggles between a person and another force Person vs person person vs nature person vs society person vs supernatural |
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Internal Conflict |
Struggles within themselves |
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Plot |
The series of events within the story |
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Exposition |
The groundwork of the story tells us the characters |
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Rising Action |
little peaks of interest that shows us conflict and lead to the to the major event |
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Climax |
The highest point of intrestin the story |
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Falling Action |
The major events has occurred and now we are working on settling the story |
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Resolution |
The end ties up all the parts |
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Imagery |
Represents objects, actions and ideas in such a way that appeals to our physical senses |
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Tone |
Authors attitude toward the subject of the story and the readers of the story. The author reveals tone through word choice |
