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53 Cards in this Set
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plot |
events that take place in a story |
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setting |
time, date, and place of a story |
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dialogue |
conversations between characters |
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dialect |
the use of an accent from a particular area or region |
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mood |
atmosphere or overall feeling in a story |
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suspense |
a feeling of tension or anxiety in any story |
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colloquialism |
everyday language or slang used in literature |
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narrator |
voice or character telling a story |
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1st person |
uses I, we, us, me |
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3rd person |
uses he, she, they |
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omniscient narrator |
knows everything thats going on |
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limited narrator |
only knows what they can see and feel |
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reliable narrator |
trustworthy |
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unreliable narrator |
having to question their sanity |
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oxymoron |
2 opposing terms used for description |
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irony |
an unexpected twist in a story |
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dramatic irony |
audience knows something the character doesn't |
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situational irony |
when you expect 1 thing to happen and the opposite happens |
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verbal irony |
when you say one thing and mean another |
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simile |
a comparison using like or as |
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metaphor |
a comparison without using like or as |
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onomatopoeia |
a word that imitates sound |
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personification |
giving inanimate objects human characteristics |
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symbol |
represents something in a figurative way |
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local color |
attitudes, dialect, and setting of a particular area or region |
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satire |
making fun of something to encourage change |
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imagery |
a picture an author creates with descriptive words |
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foreshadowing |
hints an author gives of events to come |
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flashback |
when you flash back, going into the past, remembering something |
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literary allusion |
when you refer to another piece of literature and transform mediums |
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connotation |
implied meaning of a word |
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denotation |
precise dictionary meaning |
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tone |
how the author is saying the lines "tone of voice" |
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alliteration |
repetition of the initial consonant sound |
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assonance |
repetition of vowels |
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protagonist |
hero in a story |
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antagonist |
person in conflict with protagonist |
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genre |
a type of literary work |
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fiction |
type of story that could happen but could not |
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science fiction |
type of story that's based on scientific principles |
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moral |
life lesson about the story that the author conveys |
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theme |
implied feeling about the story |
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What order is the plot pyramid in? |
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution |
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internal conflict |
man vs self |
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external conflict |
man vs nature, man vs man, man vs technology, man vs society |
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main |
one the reader knows well |
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round |
another name for main character |
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minor |
character the reader does not know well |
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flat |
another name for minor character |
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dynamic |
character who changes throughout the course of the story |
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static |
character who does NOT change during the course of a story |
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indirect characterization |
when the reader must infer through the actions and thoughts what the character is like |
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direct characterization |
when an author comes out and tells you what the character is like |
