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18 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
EXPOSITION
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The opening of a story, when the characters and their conflicts are introduced.
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CLIMAX
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The most exciting part of a story, the moment when teh outcome of the conflict is determined.
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FLASHBACK
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An action that interrupts the storyto introduce an event that took place in the past.
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FORESHADOWING
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Hints in the story that certain events are going to happen later.
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METAPHOR
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Compares two unlike things without using the word such as like or as.
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SIMILE
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Compares two unlike things by using the word such as like or as.
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VOICE
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The writers use of language and overall style, created by tone and choice of words.
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TONE
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The writers attitude toward a subject of a story, toward a character, or toward teh audience.
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OMNISCIENT POINT OF VIEW
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The narrator can tell us everything about the characters, including how they think and feel. Narrator is not a character in story.
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UNIVERSAL THEME
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It is the theme of all subjects and genres thinkable.
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THEME
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The general idea or insight about human life that a work of literature reveals.
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GENRES
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The different forms of literature. Short stories, novels, plays, poems.
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DRAMATIC IRONY
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When we know what is going to happen to a character but the character does not know.
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AMBIGUITY
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Unclearness
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VERBAL IRONY
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When someone says something but means the oppisite. NICE DAY when there are floods
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SITUATIONAL IRONY
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An event that is contrary to to the opposite of what we expected.
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SYMBOL
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An object, person, animal, or an event thatstands for something more than itself.
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ALLEGORY
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A story in which characters and settings stand for something beyond themselves, usually virtues and vices.
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