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16 Cards in this Set
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setting |
Of a literary work is the time and place in which occurs, together with all the details used to create a sense of a particular time and place |
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static character |
One who does not change during the course of the action |
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point of view |
The vantage point from which a story is told |
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foreshadowing |
The act of presenting materials that hint events occur later in the story |
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hyperbole |
An exaggeration made for rhetorical effect |
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theme |
A central idea in a literary work |
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plot |
A series of events related to a central conflict, or struggle |
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Dynamic character |
One who does change |
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conflict |
A struggle between two forces in a literary work |
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antagonist |
A character who is pitted against a protagonist |
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metaphor |
A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken or written about as if it were another |
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verbal irony |
Which a statement is made that implies its opposite |
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climax |
Is the point of highest interest in suspense in literary work |
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suspension of disbelief |
The act by which the reader willingly set aside his or her skepticism in order to participate imaginatively in the work being read |
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crisis |
That point in the development of the conflict at which a decisive event occurs causes the main character's situation to become better or worse |
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inciting incident |
The event that introduces the central conflict |
