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42 Cards in this Set
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Antagonist
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The antagonist is the major character or force that opposes the protagonist.
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Antecedent action
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Significant action that takes place before the story begins.
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Atmosphere (mood)
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The prevading feeling created by the story. It is created by dialogue and, more often, by descriptive diction or imagery.
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Character
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a) fictional persons who carry out the action of a story, and b)the moral and dispositonal qualities of a fictional person ina story.
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Round Character
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A realistic character, having several sides to his/her character ex.Montresor in "The Cask of Amontillado"
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Flat character
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Usually a minor character who has only one apparent quality.
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Stereotyped character
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Often familiar figures in fiction such as the "absent minded" professor.
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Static Chracter
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one who does not change in the course of the story.
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Dynamic Character
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Often the protagonist, who undergoes a significant, lasting change, usually in his or her outlook on life.
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Characterization
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a method for presenting the special qualities or features of a character in a literary work.
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Direct Characterization
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Revealed through author's comments.
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Indirect Characterization
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Revealed through the character's speech, thought, and action.
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Climax
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From the reader's perspective,the climaz is the highest point of emotional intensity ina story. It usually marks the turning point in the protagonist's fortunes and the major crisis of the story.
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Conflict
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Is a struggle between opposing characters or forces, usually the protagonist and someone or something else.
a) Conflict between a character and his or her environment (nature, society, or circumstance) b) Conflict between two characters (physical, emotional, or psychological) c) Conflict within a character |
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Contrast ( juxtaposition )
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Contrast refers to overlap or mixing of situations, characters, settings, moods, or points of view in order to clarify meaning, purpose, or character, or to heighten certain moods (especially humor, horror, and suspense). Juxtapositon refers to dramatic contrasts that are deliberately placed side be side within a story.
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Denoument ( resolution )
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Denouement ( pronounced Day- New-mahn) is a french term to describe the "unknotting" of plot and conflict following a climax.
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Dialect
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Is a form of speech characteristic of a geographic region, social class, or particular people.
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Dialogue
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a conversation including two or more characters in a story. It is often used to reveal character and conflict.
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Diction
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is a style of speaking or writing resulting from a deliberate choic and arrangement of words. Each writer selects diction appropriate to his or her purpose, subject, story type, characters, and style.
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Epiphany
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is a moment of signigicant realization and insight experienced by the protagonist.
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Episode
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Is an incident or event within the main plot of a story
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Exposition
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is background information provided by the author to further the plot, conflict, setting, and characterization.
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Falling Action
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The part of the story immedialtely following a climaz and lasting until the end of the story is called the falling action.
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fiction
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is any narrative which is imagined and invented rather than historically or factually true.
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Foreshadowing
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gives a hint of what is to happen later in the story.
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Form
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is a general term referring to the way in which a story is put together, its " shape " or structure.
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Imagery
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concrete details and figures of speech that help the reader to form vivid sense impressions of what is being described.
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Indeterminate ending
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a story ending which there is no clear outcome or result is called an indeterminate ending.
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Irony
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a literary device which reveals concealed or contradictory meanings
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Verbal irony
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which occurs when a contrast is evident between what a character says and what the character actually means.
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Dramatic irony
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Which occurs when the author shares with the reader information not known by a character. As a result, the reader becomes aware that a character's actions may be inappropriate for the actual circumstances, that what is to come is the reverse of what a character expects, or that a character has unknowingly made a comment which anticipates the outcome.
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Situational irony
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occurs when a set of circumstances turns out differently from what is expected or considered appropriate.
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Local colour
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The use of specific regional detail to increase atmosphere and a sense of setting, thus heightening the reader's interest. Includes descriptions of locale, dress, and customs as well as dialect and ways of thinking and feeling characteristics of people in that region.
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Point of view
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the perspective from which a story is seen or told. It establishes the relationships of author, reader, and protagonist.
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First person narrative
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told from view of the protagonist in the first person "I". Gives the advantage of knowing what the main character thinks and feels.
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Limited omniscient ( third-person narrative)
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refers to the main character as "he" or "she" and shows us only what one character thinks and feels from the perspective of someone "outside" the story.
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Omniscient narrative
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reveals the minds of several or all characters, knowing and telling all from a God-like perspective "outside" the story.
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Prose
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Prdomaru ;amgiage mpt ,arled nu rhythm or rhyme
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protagonist
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the main character of a story
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tone
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attitude expressed by author or character
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verisimilitude
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a life-like quality posessed by a story as revealed though its plot, setting, conflict, and characterization
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voice
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the personality of a character or author as revealed through diction and/or dialect
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