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29 Cards in this Set
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Plot |
The sequence of events in the story |
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Setting |
The time and place of the action in the story |
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Character |
The people or animals doing the action in the story |
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Indirect characterization |
The author gives the reader clues about the character by what he has the character say or do (infer) rather than tell the reader directly |
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Direct characterization |
The author states specifically what a character is like |
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Static character |
A character who stays the same throughout the course of a story |
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Dynamic character |
A character who changes and develops throughout the course of the story |
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Flat character |
A character who is presented one dimensionally has only one or two character traits |
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Round character |
Complex, solid, and multi-faceted like real people. |
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Protagonist |
The main character in the story |
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Antagonist |
The character of force that opposed the main character |
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Theme |
The message of the story; the point the author is trying to make; the lesson he wants the reader to learn |
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Point of view |
The angle from which the story is told |
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1st person point of view |
A character in the story telling the story using the pronoun "i" |
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Third person point of view |
Someone outside the story objectively |
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Limited third person point of view |
Someone outside the story tells the story but shares one characters perspective |
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Omniscient point of view |
The "all knowing" narrator; tells what every character does, thinks, feels |
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Exposition |
Usually at the beginning of the story; gives background information and establishes a setting |
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Conflict |
The struggle between opposing forces man Vs. Man, man Vs,. Himself, man Vs. Nature, man Vs. Society, man Vs. Supernatural |
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Rising action |
Complications to the conflict; all of the action leading up to the turning point |
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Climax |
The highest intensity in the story; the turning point |
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Falling action |
The action that leads to the resolution of the central conflict. |
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Resolution or denouement |
The end of central conflict; the resolution of the problem |
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Irony |
The contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality |
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Verbal irony |
Occurs when a writer or speaker says one thing but really means something the opposite |
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Situational irony |
Occurs when what actually happens is opposite what is expected or appropriate |
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Dramatic irony |
When the audience or the reader knows something the characters do not |
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Allegory |
A fiction or nonfiction narrative in which characters, things, and events out of the narrative is designed to reveal an abstraction or truth. Characters and elements may be symbolic of the ideas referred to in the allegory. |
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Satire |
Text that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of human behavior by portraying it in extreme way. Satire is meant to bring about change. It targets groups rather than individuals. |
