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19 Cards in this Set
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Character
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Round- see many different characteristics
Flat- 1 chacrteristics Static- Flat Dynamic- energetic, many characteristics |
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Characterization
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Indirect- When the author is not specifically describing someone
Direct- when the author tells you something about the character |
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Dialect
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The way someone speaks
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Dialogue
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2 or more people talking
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Monologue
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1 person talking
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Figurative Language
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Simile- Comparing two things with "like" or "as"
Metaphor- comparing to things w/o the use of "like" or "as" Personification- making a non-living object alive Hyperbole-obvious and intentional exaggeration; a statement not ment to be taken literally |
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Foreshadowing
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to show or figure out before hand
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Idiom
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an expression that means something other than what is said
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Imagery
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a mental "movie"
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Irony
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Verbal- a figure of speech in which is said is not meant
Situational-something that turns out different than what someone thinks will happen Dramatic- an idea that is understood by the audience by not by the charcaters |
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Narrator
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1st Person- where a character, most likely the main charcater, is telling the story
3rd Person- the narrator tells the story |
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Onomatpoeia
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a sound word, such as BOOM or CRASH
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Plot
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what happened in a story
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Point of View
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Omniscient-all knowing
Limited- doesn't know everything |
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Setting
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Time and place the story takes place
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Theme (moral)
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subject of the story
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Tone
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mood or attitude of the characters, narrator, or author (tone- author's words and phrasing mood-our feeling)
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Motif
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a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc.
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Allusion
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reference to a historical or litery figure
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