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22 Cards in this Set
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Atmosphere |
Prevailing feeling that is created in the story |
A feeling |
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Situational Irony |
Circumstances turn out differently than what was expected or deemed appropriate |
Contrast in existent situation outcomes and expectations |
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Plot |
Events that create a dramatic story with beginning middle and end |
Dramatic events |
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Crisis |
Intense conflict leading up to climax |
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Characterization |
Is a method. Reveals special qualities or features. Is done by stating characters how they look do and say. What other characters and narrator says about them |
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Falling action |
After climax. Lasts until end of the story |
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Setting |
Environment of story. Time, place, atmosphere. |
Environment. T p a |
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Resolution |
Unknotting or conclusion of conflict and plot at end of story. |
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Character |
Fictional character. Carries out actions in story |
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Characteristics |
Personality traits |
(Kind, intelligence) |
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Suspense |
Feel anxiety and uncertainty. Want to know what will happen next. |
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Rising action |
Leads up to climax. Background info, conflicts and suspense |
Leads up to climax. B c s |
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Static character |
Doesn't change. Either tries and fails or is defeated by them not wanting to change |
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First person narrative |
Tells own story. Uses I . can only see what they see think and feel |
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Omniscient |
Narrator knows everything (like a god) tells the story of characters and knows what they think |
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Theme |
Central idea. Is not stated directly. Is only inferred. |
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Protagonist |
Main character. Sometimes referred to as a hero. However they are usually like the average person with negative and positive characteristics. |
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Conflict |
Struggle with opposing character. Can be emotional or physical. |
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Flashback |
Shifts the story from present to past. Done so you know an important point or reveal a change in character. |
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Dramatic irony |
Reader knows something characters don't |
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Third person nature |
Narrator is either in or out of story . tells story of protagonist as an observer. Uses he she they. Doesn't say what the narrator sees think or hears |
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Antagonist |
Opposes the protagonist |
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