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17 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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a repetition a sound or letter at the begging of words
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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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antogonist
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the bad guy; the force working against the protagonist
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auther`s purpose
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the auther`s reason for creating a particular work; to entertain, to imform, to persuade, to give an opinion
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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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the story of a person`s life,written by someone else
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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 creature that a story is mainly 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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a less important character
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characterization
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all the techniques writers use to create and devolopcharacters
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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 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 whitin a character
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external conflict
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a character struggles againts another or and out side character
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