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24 Cards in this Set
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plot
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series of events which make up a story
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exposition
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basic situation - opening story
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complication
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action to resolve the conflict
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climax
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the key scene, high point
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denouement
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resolution, we know what happens
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internal conflict
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inside a person's mind
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external conflict
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conflict b/t person & outside force
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characterization
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techniques used by a writer to develop characters
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6 most common ways an author develops characters
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1. character's speech
2. character's appearance 3. description 4. private thoughts 5. how other characters feel about them 6. actions or telling us directly what the character's personality is like |
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protagonist
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main character which the drives the action
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antagonist
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bad, foil, stand in the way (conflict)
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point of view
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who is telling the story
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omniscient point of view
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all knowing, not a character who is telling the story
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third person point of view
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focus is on one charcter in the story
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first person point of view
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person telling the story with "I"
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verbal irony
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saying one thing but mean another
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situational irony
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circumstance is opposite from what we expect
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dramatic irony
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withholding information - audience knows something that the character does not
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suspense
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uncertainty; anxiety
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foreshadowing
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clues pointing to the future
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flashback
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interruptions to go back - helps explain actions, background information
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tone
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attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
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theme
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central idea of a work of literature (something that can be expressed in at least one complete sentence)
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setting
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time & place of a story or play
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