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28 Cards in this Set
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Authors purpose |
why the work was written: to enterain to persuade to inform etc |
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cause and effct |
when sommething happens directly because of something else |
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characterization |
the process of revealing the personality of the character; Direct; the author dirctly tells reader about the character ( jonny is tall,steveis smart) inderct-the author uses the character actionsand other character to reveal the characters personality |
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compare and contrast |
telling the similariaries and differences between two or more things |
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comflict |
a struggle or problem between opposing characters or forces eternal characcter struggle against an outsideforce internal conflict takes place entirely inside the character own mind |
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figurative language |
words or phraases that describe one thing in term of another |
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simile |
comparing using like or as
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metaphor |
comparison using not like or as7 |
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idiom |
is a phrase or a fixed a epression that has a figurative or |
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hyperbole |
an exaggeration |
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personification |
giving human characteristics to nonhuman Things |
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flashback |
a scene that interrupts the present action of the plot to flash backward and tell what happen at an earlier time |
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foreshadowing |
the use of clues to hint at whatbwill happen later in the story |
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imagery |
language that appeals to the senses |
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mood |
the feeling of a work of literature |
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nonfiction |
prosewriting that deals with rwall people , evevents and places |
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Onomatopoeia |
the use of a word whose sound imitates or suggects it meaning ex boom crash crack |
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plot |
The sequenceof events in a story |
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Rising action |
events leadingt up to a clima of the story |
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falling action |
events after the clima of the story minor conflicts are resolved |
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resolution |
the major conflict is resolved |
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pointof view |
the vantage point from which the story is told ex 1st 2nd 3rd person |
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protagonist |
the main character |
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setting |
when where the story take place |
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tone |
attitude the writer takes toward the audience,subject,or character |
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voice |
writers distinct way of talking or writing |
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