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47 Cards in this Set
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Antagonist
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a character who is in conflict with the protagonist
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Atmosphere
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The prevaling mood in a story
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Bias
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when somebody has a set idea about a topic prior to reading or writing
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Character
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a persona in a story
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Chronological Order
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the sequence of events orderd from ealiest to present
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Cliche
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a phrase that is commonly used in a language or literature
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Climax
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the most exiting moment in a story
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Colloquil
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aka slang
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Compare
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looking for similarities
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Internal Conflict
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when a character struggles with an idea or situation within their mind
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External Conflict
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a struggle with another person or society
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Alliteration
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A sentence that has works that start with the same letter
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Allusion
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creating an image that isnt there
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Contrast
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Finding differences
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Dynamic Character
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when a character shanges or evolves throught the course of a story
eg. the vilian who becomes a hero |
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Falling action
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events after the climax that lead to the resolution of a story
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Figurative language
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not literal used to create images or emotions in the readers mind (metaphor)
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First Person Point of Veiw
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anything writen using I
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flashback
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a mermory that inturupts the chronological events
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Flat character
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a character that never changes
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Foil
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a character who has opposite personallity traits to one of the main characters in a story
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Foreshadowing
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a hint to the reader that something is going to happen
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Genre
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A type of story
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Hyberbole
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and extreme exageration
eg. im so hungry i could eat a horse |
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Irony
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when the opposite of whats expected happens
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Jargon
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laguage that is specific to a group of people
ex. teachers, engineers, military |
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Metaphor
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Direct compairison with out like or as
ex. he has a heart of gold |
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Mood
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see atmosphere
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Narrator
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the person who tells the story
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Objective Point of Veiw
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veiw with out a bias
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Onomatopoeia
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words that replicate sounds
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Oxymoron
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a phrase that conridicts it self
ex.Jumbo Shrimp |
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Personification
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inatimate objects with human characteristics
ex. the sun smiled |
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persuasion
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to convince
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resolution
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when a conflict is solved
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Rhyme
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two words that sound alike
ex. cat hat |
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Rhyme scheme
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the pattern of rhyme in a poem
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Sarcasm
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the opposite of what is being stated
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Satire
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using comedy to adress a real problem in society
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Similie
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comparison with like or as
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Slang
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unnoficial language that is commonly used
ex whissy, beezy |
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Stanza
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Poem paragraph
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Static Character
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a character that does not change
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Stereotyped Character
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a character that fits into the stereotypes of society
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Style
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the way the author writes
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Symbol
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an object that represents something else in a story
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Theme
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the prevailing message of a story, this statement is universal
ex, treat other how you want to be treated |
