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17 Cards in this Set
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protagonist
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main character
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antagonist
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person or thing working against the protagonist
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point of view
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the vantage point from which a story is told
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first-person point of view
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the story is told by one of the characters
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third-person point of view
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the story is told by a narrator
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genre
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category or type of literature
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plot
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the action or sequence of events in a story
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exposition
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the first part of a plot
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rising action
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the series of conflicts that build a story
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climax
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the turning point of the story
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falling action
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the action that works out the decision arrived during the climax
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resolution
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the ending
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conflict
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the problem that triggers the action
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setting
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time and place
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theme
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the statement about life that the author wants to convey to the reader
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symbol
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a person, place, thing or event used to represent something else
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mood
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the feeling that a literary work gives to readers
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