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33 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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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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author's purpose
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the author 's reason for creating a particular work: to inform
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autobiography
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nonfiction in which a person tells the story of his or her own life.
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biography
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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 (follows the cause)
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character
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a person, animal, imaginary creature that the story is about.
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Major character
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a character the story is mostly 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 things happen
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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 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 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 a characters 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 teaches a lesson
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fantasy
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a story tht takes place in a unreal imaginary world. They often involve magic or characters with superman powers.
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fiction
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Imaginary: not real
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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.
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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 rhyme and 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 has a meaning different from the meaning of its individual words
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imagery
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words or phases 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 has happen and 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 same.
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