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30 Cards in this Set
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short story
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a brief work of fiction where usually the main character faces a conflict that is worked out in the plot of the story.
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character
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a person in a story, poem, or play
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characterization
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how the author develops the characters especially the main character
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direct characterization
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the author directly states what the characters personality is like.
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indirect characterization
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showing a characters personality through his/her actions, thoughts, feelings, words, appearance or other characters observations or reactions.
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protagonist
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main character of story that changes
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antagonist
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a major character that opposes the protagonist.
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dynamic character
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undergoes a change
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static character
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does not undergo a change.
remains the same emotionally throughout the selection. |
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conflict
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a struggle between two opposing forces.
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plot
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series of related events that make up a story
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exposition
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section that introduces characters, the setting, and conflicts
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setting
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the time and place of a story's action
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rising action
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consist of a series of complications
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climax
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turning point in the story; the high point of interest and suspense
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falling action
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all events following the climax or turning point in the story. result of actions taken at the climax.
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resolution
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The end of the central conflict: it shows how the situation turns out and ties up loose ends
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point of view
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Vantage point from which the writer tells the story.
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Theme
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The central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work.
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Point of View
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Vantage point from which the writer tells the story.
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Theme
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The central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work.
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Flashback
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The present scene in the story is interrupted to flash backward and tell what happened in an earlier time.
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Foreshadowing
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Clues the writer puts in the story to give the reader a hint of what is to come.
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Symbol
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An object, person, or event that functions as itself, but also stands for something more than itself.
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Figurative Language
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Involves some imaginative comparison between two unlike things.
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Personification
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Giving human qualities to non-human things.
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Irony
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A contrast between expectation and reality
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Verbal Irony
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saying one thing but meaning something completely different.
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Situational Irony
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A contradiction between what we expect to happen and what really does happen
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Dramatic Irony
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occurs when the reader knows something important that the characters in the story do not know.
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