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43 Cards in this Set
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plot
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the series of related events that make up a story
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exposition
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the background of the story-explains who the characters are and what their conflict might be
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conflict
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a struggle or clash between opposing forces or opposing characters
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complications
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events that make it hard for the character to get what he or she wants
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climax
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the most emotional or suspenseful moment in the story, when the outcome is decided one way or the other
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resolution
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the part of the story when the character' problems are solved and the story ends
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theme
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the central idea of a literary work
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protagonist
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the main character, the one who drives the action
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antagonist
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the character who presents an obstacle to the protagonist or who is involved in the most important conflict with the protagonist
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static character
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a character who remains the same or changes very little from the beginning to the end
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dynamic character
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a character who changes in some important way as a result of what happens in the story
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external conflict
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when a character struggles against some outside force
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internal conflict
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conflict which takes place within a characters' mind
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character motivation
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any force that drives the character to behave in a particular way
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characterization
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the process of revealing the personality of a character in a story
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direct characterization
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the author directly explains what the character is like
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indirect characterization
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the author shows what the character is like by presenting the character's manner of speech, actions, dress by indicating what others think or say about the character and by revealing what the character himself or herself thinks
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foreshadowing
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the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot
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setting
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the time and place of a story
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flashback
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am interruption in the action of a plot to tell what happened at an earlier time
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dialogue
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lines of a conversation of speech between two or more people included in a literary work
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parallel episodes
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repeated elements of the plot
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subplot
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smaller plots that relate to the major story
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mood
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atmosphere
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tone
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the author's attitude toward his or her subject
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diction
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a writer or speaker's choice or words
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dialect
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a way or speaking that is characteristic of a certain geographical area
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point of view
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the point of view from which a story is told
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omniscient point of view
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the narrator know everything about the characters and their problems
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third person limited point of view
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the narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character
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first person point of view
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one of the characters using the pronoun I tells the story
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imagery
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language that appeals to any of the senses
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hyperbole
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an extravagant statement or exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally
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personification
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a metaphor in which a non-human thing is talked about as if it were human
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allusion
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a reference to a statement that is well known
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irony
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a contrast between expectation and reality
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simile
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a figure of speech that makes a comparison using like or as
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metaphor
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a figure of speech that makes a comparison without using like or as
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symbolism
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using something or someone to represent an idea
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analogy
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a comparison made between two things to show they are alike
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connotation
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a meaning suggested to a word
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denotation
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the dictionary definition of a word
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idiom
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an expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from its literal meaning
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