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14 Cards in this Set
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conflict
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Struggle between opposing forces or struggle that gives any story its energy and makes it interesting
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external conflict
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Character struggles with an outside source
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internal conflict
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Conflict that takes place within a character’s mind
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footnote
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A note at the bottom of a page, giving further information about something mentioned in the text above
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character
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A person in a story, novel, or play that takes part in the action of a story
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context clue
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Words or phrases near an unfamiliar word that can help you figure out the word’s meaning.
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irony
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Irony is a contrast between expectations and reality.
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verbal irony
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A contrast between what is said and what is meant
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situational irony
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Occurs when what happens is very different than what we expect.
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dramatic irony
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Occurs when the audience or readers knows something the character does not know.
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exaggeration
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Overstatement
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understatement
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Saying less than what is meant
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autobiography
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A writer’s account of his or her own life
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narrator
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A narrator is a person or character in whose voice a story is told.
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