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19 Cards in this Set
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plot |
the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence. |
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Chronological order |
The order things happen from first to last |
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foreshadowing |
hinting that something is going to happen in the future |
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setting |
the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place. |
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mood |
a temporary state of mind or feeling. |
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Character |
a person in a novel, play, or movie. |
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indirect characterization |
the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance, etc. |
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internal conflicts |
conflicts happening to the character in their head |
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dynamic character |
character that doesn't change |
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synonym |
a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language |
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theme |
the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic. |
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symbol |
a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract. |
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motivation |
the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way. |
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imagery |
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. |
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narrative poem |
a form of poetry that tells a story, often making use of the voices of a narrator and characters as well; the entire story is usually written in metred verse. |
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metaphor |
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. |
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verbal irony |
says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning. |
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personification |
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. |
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dialect |
a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group. |
