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35 Cards in this Set
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Fiction
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writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.
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Non-Fiction
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writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, ideas, or events.
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Protagonist
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the main character in a literary work
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Antagonist
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character or force in conflict with a main character, or protagonist
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Round Character
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shows many different traits
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Flat Character
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Shows only one trait
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Dynamic Character
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develops and grows during the course of a story
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Static Character
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does not change
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Point of view
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directs the type and amount of information the writer reveals.
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First person
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when a character in the story tells the story
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Third Person
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When a voice outside the story narrates
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Intrusive Narrator
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When the narrator tells his opinions
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Plot
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Sequence of events in a literary work.
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Exposition
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introduces the setting, characters and situation
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Rising Action
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Events leading up to the climax
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climax
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high point of interest or suspence
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falling action
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series of events connecting to the ending
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denouement
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resolution
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conflict
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struggle between opposing forces
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man vs. man
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two characters facing each other
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man vs. himself
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character facing his conscience
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man vs. society
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character facing the opinions of the world around him.
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man vs. nature
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character facing the outside world
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man vs. super natural
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character facing religion
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theme
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central message
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moral
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lesson taught by a literary work.
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symbol
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anything that stands for or represents something else
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irony
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protray differences between appearance and reality, or expectation and result.
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foreshadowing
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use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur.
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mood
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feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.
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dialect
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form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group.
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secondary character
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character that does not play a major role in a story.
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Historical fiction
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story taking place in a true place or time
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Crisis
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a problem or occurance
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Complication
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a problem or object getting in the way.
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