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14 Cards in this Set
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Theme
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Idea, subject, topic of the literature.
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Suspense
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mood, details, dialogue or other techniques are used to make the reader want to keep reading
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Point of view
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The view of the story from the the way the author sees it. (author's perspective)
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Allegory
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a story that has more than one meaning
literal or symbolic |
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Plot
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The sequence of related events that make up a story or drama.
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Foreshadowing
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writer gives clues or hints of events to follow in the plot
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Characters
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Individuals in a story, poem or play. (always has human traits even if it is an animal)
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Symbolism
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object or anything that represents something else
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Setting
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Time and place in which events of literary work take place.
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Irony
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In the story, events occur in unexpected ways
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Dialogue
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Conversation between characters
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Protagonist
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Character that the story is about. The reader usually roots for them.
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Satire
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A literary technique in which writers make fun of something to show it's worst features.
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Conflict
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A struggle between two opposing forces in a piece of literature. (Character and their mind,character another character or nature)
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