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55 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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A repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of words.
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allusion
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a reference to a famous person, place, event of workor literature
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antagonist
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the bad gut; 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 and opinion
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autobiography
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nonfiction in which a person tells a 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 someone else
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cause
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why something happens
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effect
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what happens (followa the cause)
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character
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a person, animal, or imaginary creature that the story is about
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major character
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a character the story is mainly about
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minor character
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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 things happen in time
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climax
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in the plot of the story, the turning point or most exciting part
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fantasy
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imaginative; not true
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fiction
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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 story
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free verse
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poetry without regular patterns of ryhme and rhythm
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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 group of people
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dialogue
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the words that characters speak aloud
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drawing conclusion
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combining several pieces of information to make an inference
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fable
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a brief story that teaches a lesson
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hyperbole
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exaggeration or overstatement
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idiom
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an expression that has a meaning different from the meaning of its endividual words
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imagery
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words and phrases that appeal to readers` senses
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inference
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logical guess or conclusion based on evidence
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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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poety that tells a story
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narrator
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the teller of the story
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nonfiction
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writing that tells about real people places and events
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onomatopoeia
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the use of words whose sound suggests their meaning
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parrallelism
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the use of similar grammatical constructions to express ideas that are equal in importance
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personification
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the giving of human qualities to an animal object or idea
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plot
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the sequence of events that make up the story
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exposition
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introduces the characters and establishes the main idea
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point of veiw
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perspective
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protagonist
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the main character good guy
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repetition
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using a sound word or phrase more than once
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rhyme scheme
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a pattern of rhymes in a poem uses the same letter for lines that rhyme
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rhythm
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the beat of the poem
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simile
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comparison of two things using like or as
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speaker
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in a poem the voice that talks to the reader
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stanza
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a paragraph within a poem
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stereotype
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a generalization about a group of people
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suspence
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feeling of growing tension and excitement
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symbol
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a person place or object that stands for something else
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theme
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the message about life that is conveyed by a story
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tone
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the writers` attitude toward his subject
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conflict
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struggle between opposing forces
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