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33 Cards in this Set
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A character who is not developed highly |
Flat character |
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A character who is complex and highly developed has lots of traits and different personality |
Round character |
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A character that remains the same throughout a story |
Static character |
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A character who undergoes a change in the story has an epiphany or light bulb moment |
Dynamic character |
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Characterization where the writers makes direct comments about a character and personality |
Direct characterization |
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Characterization where the writer makes you infer the characters personality by his actions, speech, thoughts, other characters thoughts, and appearance |
Indirect characterization |
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Turning point of the story |
Climax |
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First part of the story where the setting and characters are introduced |
Exposition |
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Follows the climax shows the results of an important event that happens in the climax |
Falling action |
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Another name for the falling action |
Dénouement or resolution |
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Communicates meanings beyond the meanings of words Examples simile metaphors |
Figurative literature |
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An event that happened before the beginning of the story |
Flashback |
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Character who provides a striking contrast to another character. To highlight the characteristics of another character |
Foil characters |
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Is when a writer uses hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story |
Foreshadowing |
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Exists when a story is told within a narrative setting. A story within a story |
Frame story |
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A special kind of contrast between appearance and reality |
Irony |
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Irony that is a contrast between what the reader or character expects to happen and what really happens |
Situational irony |
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Irony when someone exaggerates or says one thing and means another |
Verbal irony |
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Irony when a reader or viewer knows something the character doesn't |
Dramatic irony |
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The feeling or atmosphere that the writer creates for the reader |
Mood |
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Character or voice of the story that relates story's events to the reader |
Narrator |
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Point of view told by a character in the story |
First person |
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Point of view that tells what only one character thinks and feels |
Third person limited |
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Point of view that tells all the minds of the characters in the story |
Omniscient |
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Main character |
Protagonist |
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Character or force that opposes the character |
Antagonist |
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Stage in the plot where the conflict and story events build toward the climax |
Rising action |
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Conflict that occurs within a character |
Internal conflict |
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Conflict that happens against a character such as another character or nature |
External conflict |
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Time and place of the action in the story |
Setting |
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Person place object or activity that stands for something itself |
Symbol |
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The message the writer wants you to get from the story |
Theme |
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A device that a speaker addresses a silent or absent listener of high intensity or deep emotion as if engaged in a private conversation. The character reveals things about himself to reader and is totally unaware he is doing it |
Dramatic monologue |
