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26 Cards in this Set
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Author's Purpose |
why the work was written: to entertain, to persuade, to inform, ect. |
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Cause & Effect |
when something directly happens because of something else |
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chracaterlization |
The process of revealing the personality of the character; Direct: the author directly tells the reader about the character (Johnny is tall, Steve is smart)
Indirect- the author uses the characters's actions and other characters to reveal the character's personality |
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Compare & Contract |
telling the similarities and differences between two or more things |
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Conflicts |
Problem or a struggle between opposing characters of forces External: character struggles against an outside force Internal: Conflict takes place entirely inside the characters own mind |
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Figurative Language |
words or phrase that discribe one thing in terms of another |
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Simile |
comparing 2 unlike thing using "like" or "as" |
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Metaphor |
comparing 2 unlike things without using "like" or "as" |
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Idiom |
is a phrase or a fixed expression that has a figurative, or sometimes literal, meaning |
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Hyperbole |
an exaggeration |
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Personification |
giving human characteristics to a nonhuman thing |
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Flashback |
a scene that interrupts the present action of the plot to "flash backward" and tell what happened at an earlier time |
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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 to the sences |
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Mood |
the feeling of work of literature |
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Non-fiction |
prose writing that deals with real people, events, and place |
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Onomatopoeia |
the use of a word whose sound initates or suggests its meaning |
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Plot |
the sequence of events is a story |
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Rising action |
events leading up to a climax of a story |
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Falling action |
events after the climax in a story. Minor conflicts are resolved |
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Resolution |
the end of the story. the major conflict 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 and where the story takes place |
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Tone |
the attitude the writer takes toward the audience, subject, or character |
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Voice |
writer's distinct way of talking or writing |