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27 Cards in this Set
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Anthology
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a collection of works of the same or different genres.
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Genre
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a kind of literary work
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trilogy
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sereis of three books
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caveat
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warning
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episodic structure
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an organization of a work of literature by incidence or episodes
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Bildungsroman
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a novel of education in which a character learns something
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theme
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a concept or idea of a novel
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setting
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time and place
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epithet
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a characterizing word or phrase used to with or without using a person's name
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allusion
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a reference, to a work of literature or an event in history
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Code Hero
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A character in a novel who lives by his own code not by inherited beliefs or traditions
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novella
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a genre of literature which is shorter than a novel but longer than a short story.
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Stringy Style
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the poor sentence structure in which one clause is added to another usually using the connecting word "and".
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Omniscent Narrarator
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an all knowing story teller who can look into the characters minds and know what they are thinking and feeling
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diction
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wor choice (3 common errors)
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Transition
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a change from one sentence to the next or from one paragraph to the next or one idea to the next
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Thesis Statement
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the single statement in which the main idea of an essay is stated.
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direct opening paragraph
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begins with a thesis statement
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oblique opening paragraph
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ends with a thesis statement
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sandwiching
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the alternation between anaylisis and supporting evidence
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elipsis
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3 dots indicating something has been omitted.
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brackets
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the editors marks to indicate that you have changed something in directquotation.
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clihe`
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a tired, overused, trite, hackneyed, expression.
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simile
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A comparision of 2 unlike things using the wors as, like, or so.
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Metaphor
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A comparision of 2 unlike things not using the wors as, like, or so.
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epigraph
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a quotation that apprears at the begging of a work of literature
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motif
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a phrase o object that reoccurs in a work of literature
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