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26 Cards in this Set
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Author's Purpose |
Why the work was written to entertain or persuade. |
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Cause and Effect |
When something happens directly because of something else. |
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Characterization |
The process of revealing the personality of the character. the author tells the readers directly about the characters. |
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Compare and Contrast |
Telling the similarities and differences between two or more things. |
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Conflict |
A struggle or problem between opposing characters or forces. characters struggle against an outside force. |
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Figurative Language |
Words or phrases that describe one thing. |
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Simile |
Comparison using like or as. |
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Metaphor |
Comparison not using like or as. |
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Idiom |
Is a phrase or a fixed expression that has a figurative, or sometimes literal. |
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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. |
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Foreshadowing |
The use of clues to hint at what will happen later in the story. |
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Imagery |
Language that appeals the senses. |
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Mood |
The feeling of a work of literature. |
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Nonfiction |
Prose writing that deals with real people, events, and places. |
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Onomatopoeia |
The use of a word whose sound imitates. |
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Plot |
The sequence of events in a story. |
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Rising Action |
Events leading up to a climax of the story. |
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Falling Action |
Events after the climax of the story. |
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Resolution |
The major conflict is resolved. |
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Point of View |
The vantage point from which the story is told. |
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Protagonist |
The main character.
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Setting |
When & ware the story takes place. |
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Tone |
Attitude the writer takes toward the audience. |
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Voice |
Writer's distinct Way of talking or writing. |
