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36 Cards in this Set
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alliteration
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A repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of the words
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allusion
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a reference to a famous person, place, event of work of literlture.
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antagonist
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the bad guy; the force working against the protagonist.
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author's purpose
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the author's reason for creating a particular work; to entertain , to inform, to persuade, to give an opinioin.
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autabiography
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nonfiction in witch a person tells the story of his or her own life.
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biography
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the story of a person's life written by someones elese.
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cause
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why an event happens.
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effect
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what happens(follows the cause)
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character
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person, animal, or imaginary creture that a story is about.
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major character
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a charater the story is manily about.
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minor chatacer
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a less important chatacter.
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characterization
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all the techniques writers use 2 create and develop characters.
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chronological oder
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the order in witch things happen in time.
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climax
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in the plot of the story the turnning point or the most exting part.
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conflict
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struggle between opposing forces.
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internal 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 in a certain place or by a certain place or by a ceratain group of people.
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dialogue
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the words that characters speak aloud.
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drwing conclusions
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combining several pieces of inforomation to make an inference.
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fable
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a brief story that teaches a lesson.
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fantasy
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a story that takes place in an unreal imaginary world. They often involve magic or characters with superhumam powers.
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fiction
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imaginative; not true
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flashback
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an interruption of the action to present a scene that took place at an earlier time.
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foreshadowing
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a writer provides a hint that suggests future events in a story.
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free verse
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poetry without regular patterns of rhythm.
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hyperbole
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exaggeration or overstatement.
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idiom
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an expression that a meaning different from the meaning of its individual words.
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imagery
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wordsand phrases that appeal to readers senses.
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inference
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logical guess or conclusion based
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irony
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a contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens.
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metaphor
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a comparison of two things that have some quality in common.
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mood
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is a feeling that a literary work conveys to readers; atmosphere.
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narrative poetry
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poetry that tells a story.
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narrator
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the teller of the story.
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