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25 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
places 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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author's purpose
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the author's reason for creating
a particular work |
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autobiograph
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nonfiction in which a person
tells the story about his or her life |
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biography
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the story of a person life written
about some one eles |
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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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a person animal or imginary
creature that a story is about |
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major character
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a character the stoy mainly talks
about |
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minor character
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a less imortant 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 witch things 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 opposing
forces |
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internal
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struggle within a character
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external
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a character struggle against anther 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 certainc group of people |
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dialogue
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the words that charaters speak
aloud |
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drawing conclusions
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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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fantasy
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a story that takes place in an unreal imaginary world. they often involve magic or characters with superhuman powers
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fiction
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imaginary; not true
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flash back
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an interruption of the action to
present a scene that took place at an earlier time |
