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10 Cards in this Set
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Setting
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time (date, time of day, season) and place - a piece of writing will generally have many settings and each setting will generally carry with it a mood or atmosphere.
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Plot
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what happens, concretely, as though it were placed on a history time line.
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Incident
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one specific thing which happens in a plot. Many short stories are basically one incident described in detail.
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Theme
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the answer to this question: What is this all about? Themes tend to be the author's message about important human conditions or problems, such as Good and Evil, Death, Freedom, etc...
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Mood
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the overall feeling created by a piece of writing. Mood can often be described in a few words, such as scary, lonely, empty, triumphant, anxious.
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Dialogue
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a discussion or conversation between two or more characters.
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Monologue
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one character alone talking to the reader/audience/to himself.
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Motive
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why a character does what he/she does. Motives are often feelings or logical conclusions, but can be also impulse based upon the actions or words of another. Every action has a motive.
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External conflict
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a fight, argument, disagreement or simply opposition in which 2 sides are present. Characters, themes, ideas, forces can all be in conflict.
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Internal conflict
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an argument or decision-making process within one character's mind. An internal conflict is stated this way: Should I swallow my pride and go visit my son, or should I wait until he comes to me with an apology?
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