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61 Cards in this Set
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One event causes another
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CAUSE & EFFECT
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The method of developing a character as information is stated directly by the narrator
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DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION
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Statement that can be proven
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FACT
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Hints about what is coming up in a story
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FORESHADOWING
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Logical guess or conclusion based on evidence
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INFERENCE
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Comparison between two unlike things without the use of “like” or “as”
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METAPHOR
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Repeated use of any element in a story to help develop the theme
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REPETITION
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Sequence of related events that make up a story; the action or what happens in a story
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PLOT
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A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
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RHYME SCHEME
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When what is expected to happen and what happens are different
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SITUATIONAL IRONY
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Growing tension and excitement felt by a reader
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SUSPENSE
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Author’s attitude toward his/her subject
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TONE
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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.
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ALLITERATION
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The order in which events happen in time
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CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
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When the reader is aware of something that the characters don’t know
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DRAMATIC IRONY
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Part of the plot in which actions are taken to resolve the conflict; leads to a solution
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FALLING ACTION
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Extreme exaggeration made for emphasis or humor
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HYPERBOLE
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A struggle within a character
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INTERNAL CONFLICT
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The pattern of stresses, or beats, in spoken or written language
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METER
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Teller of a story
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NARRATOR
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Perspective or vantage point from which a story is told
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POINT OF VIEW
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Part of the plot in which complications arise
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RISING ACTION
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Informal language
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SLANG
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Person, place, object, or action that stands for something outside itself
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SYMBOL
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When a character says one thing and means something else or when what is said and what is understood are not the same
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VERBAL IRONY
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Why the author wrote a piece of literature for an audience
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AUTHOR'S PURPOSE
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Conversation between characters
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DIALOGUE
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When a character struggles against some outside person or force
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EXTERNAL CONFLICT
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Interruption of the present action in a story to go back to an earlier time/event
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FLASHBACK
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Method of developing a character through indirect means; reader must infer characters’ traits
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INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION
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Person, animal, or imaginary creature that a literary work focuses on
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MAIN CHARACTER
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Lesson taught by a story; directly stated
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MORAL
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Giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
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PERSONIFICATION
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Final stage of the plot where loose ends are tied up & the story is brought to a close
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RESOLUTION
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Comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”
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SIMILE
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Character who does not go through a major personality change during the story
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STATIC CHARACTER
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Point of view in which narrator is not in the story, but knows everything about all of the characters and can see into their minds
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THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT
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Reference to a famous person, place, event, or other work of literature
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ALLUSION
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Turning point or high point of interest in the plot of a story
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CLIMAX
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Character that changes significantly from the beginning to the end of a piece of literature
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DYNAMIC CHARACTER
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Goes beyond dictionary meanings of words to create original descriptions; an overall umbrella
for many literary elements such as idiom, simile, metaphor, etc. |
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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Expression that has a meaning different from the sum of the meanings of the individual words
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IDIOM
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Divisions within a poem, similar to sentences within a prose selection
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LINES
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Less important person, animal, or imaginary creature that takes part in a story
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MINOR CHARACTERS
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Use of words that imitate their meaning with their sound
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ONOMATOPOEIA
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Main character in a literary work; always involved in the conflict
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PROTAGONIST
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Point of view in which narrator speaks directly to the audience using the pronoun “you”
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SECOND PERSON
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The “narrator” in a poem
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SPEAKER
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The meaning behind the story; lesson you can learn; not directly stated
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THEME
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Force or character working against the main character
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ANTAGONIST
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Form of language spoken in a certain place or among a certain group of people
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DIALECT
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Beginning of a story or play; introduces characters, setting, and establishes the conflict
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EXPOSITION
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Point of view in which the narrator is in the story and uses pronouns such as I, we, me, etc.
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FIRST PERSON
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Words and phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses
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IMAGERY
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The story is tied to or identified by its geographical location
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LOCAL COLOR
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Feeling created in the reader by a literary work
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MOOD
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Statement that cannot be proved
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OPINION
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Repeated use of any element of language - a sound, word, phrase, or grammatical structure
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REPETITION
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Time and place of a story
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SETTING
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Divisions of lines within a poem; similar to paragraphs in a prose selection
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STANZA
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Point of view in which narrator is not in the story; brings us into the mind of only one character
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THIRD PERSON LIMITED
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