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53 Cards in this Set
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an extended work of prose fiction
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a novel
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list four qualities that distinguish a novel from a short story
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its longer, it has a more intricate plat, more character development and more setting development
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a character with no special characteristics
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flat character
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a charater who grows and changes
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round character
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combination of time and place which effects how that character acts, speaks and thinks
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social miliew
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storyline or arrangement of events in a novel
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plot
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what goes on outside of the character
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external action
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what goes on inside of a character
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internal action
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complication or problem that needs to be solved
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conflict
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list the four types of conflict
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man vs man, man vs, nature, man vs self, and man vs society
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teller of the story, not the author
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narrator
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when the story teller is in the story
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1st person narrator
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when the story teller is not in the story
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3rd person narrator
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when the narrator can be in many different places at one time telling the story; all knowing
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omniscient
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narrator can not go beyond human limitations; restricted
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limited
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writer of a novel
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novelist or author
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main character of a litereary work
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protagonist
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opposed by main character
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antagonist
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curiosity about what will happen next
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suspense
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high point of a story
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climax
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solution to the problem
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denoument
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a hint of things to come
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foreshadowing
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angle from which the action is revealed
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point of view
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writers attitude toward what he or she is writing
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tone
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emphasizes particular characteristics of a certain region or area
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local color
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what the reader feels as he or she reads
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atmosphere
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created by the authors word choice and sentence patterns
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atmoshpere
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helps create suspense
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the authors style
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something which stands for something else
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symbol
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central idea or moral lesson of a work
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theme
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backround material revealed to give the reader vital information
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exposition
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I don't care (whether or weather) he is here.
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whether
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I hope that the (whether or weather) is nice (weather or whether) or not it is cold.
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weather; whether
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(Who's or Whose) notebook is this; (who's or whose) going to claim it?
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Whose; who's
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(Who's or Whose) that new ipod; (who's or whose) going to go get the new ipod; (who's or whose)ipod is that?
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Who's; who's; whose
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this poetry involves real characters
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narrative poetry
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this poetry involves imaginary characters
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dramatic poetry
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perspective
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persona
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human qualities given to non-human things
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personification
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this emphasizes the meaning off a poem
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meter
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writing (poetry) from a personal point of view
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lyric poetry
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words that suggest meanings beyond their dictionary definitions
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connotative words
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dictionary definition
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denotations
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the way someone speaks
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dialect
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building of suspension in a story
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rising action
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line said directly to the audience
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aside
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on character steps out and speaks, others are in the backround
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soliloquy
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excessive pride
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hubris
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ababa abcba
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rhyme schemes
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groups of words that imitate the sound it is describing "crash" "buzz"
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onomatopoeia
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comparing humans to infants or children
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regression
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comparing humans to animals
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reduction
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a novel where the protagonist grows
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bildungsroman
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