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16 Cards in this Set
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Theme
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A central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work
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Foreshadowing
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The use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur
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Symbol
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Anything that stands for or represents something else
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Allusion
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A reference to a well known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
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Suspense
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A feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work
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Dialect
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The form of a language spoken by people in a particular region or group
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Conflict
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A struggle between opposing forces
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Point of View
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The perspective or vantage point from which a story is told
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Narrator
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A speaker or character who tells a story
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Narration
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Writing that tells a story
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Mood
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The atmosphere created in the reader by a literary work or passage
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Plot
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The sequence of events in a literary work
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Character
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A person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work
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Setting
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The time and place of the action
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Flashback
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A section of literary work that interrupts the sequence of events to relate an event from an earlier time
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Dialogue
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A conversation between characters
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