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20 Cards in this Set
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alliteration
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a repition of a sound or letter at the begging of woords
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allusion
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a reference to a famous person place event of work of literature
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antagonist
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the bad guy the force working against the protagonist
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authors purpose
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the authors reason for creating a paticular work to entertain to inform to persuade to give an opinion
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autobiography
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nomnfiction in which a person tells the story of his or her own life
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biography
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the story of a persons life written by someone else
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cause
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the cause is why something happens
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effect
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what happened(follows the cause)
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character
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person,animal, or imaginary creature that a story is about
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major characyer
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a character the story is mainly about
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minor character
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a less important character
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characterization
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all the techniques writers use to create and develop characters
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chronological order
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the order in which events happen in time
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climax
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in the plot of the story the turning point or the most exciting part
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conflict
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struggle between apposing forces
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intrnal conflict
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struggle within a character
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external conflict
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a character struggles against another character or an outside force
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contrast
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pointing out differences between things
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dialect
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a form of language that is spoken by a certain group of people
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dialogue
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the words that characters speak aloud
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