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30 Cards in this Set
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Man. vs. Himself
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Internal Conflict; decison making; occurs within a character.
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Point of View
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The viewpoint from which the narrative is told.
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Antagonist
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The character opposite the protagonist; enemy; adversary
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Foreshadowing
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A hint or clue of something to happen later; usually forboding or evil.
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Satire
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A story that ridicules human behavior by using human wit and humor.
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Poetry
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Opposite of prose; arrangement of lines, stanzas, etc., sometimes rhymed; "musical thought".
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Comic Relief
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Inserting of something light and humorous into serios story.
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Inciting Force
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In a "plot line", it is the single incident that starts the action and causes inital conflict.
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Soliloquy
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A lengthy speech given by a character that is alone on the stage; revealing of ones' thoughts to an audience; he his unaware of other characters.
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Hyperbole
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Exaggeration for the sake of emphasis; humorous; not literal
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Personification
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Human qualities are given to an object, animal, or idea.
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Genre
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A kind or type of literature.
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Setting
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Time, place, mood, manners, of a certain work; usually at the beginning.
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Omniscient
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"All-knowing" point of view; narrator reveals thoughts of all characters; narrator is not necessarily a character.
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Dialogue
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Conversation between characters.
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Simile
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Comparison of two unlike things by using "like" or "as".
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Dramatic Climax
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Point of most intense excitement; most important action.
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Man vs. supernatural
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Conflict of the "unknown"
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Irony
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The opposite of what is expected occurs; contrast between appearance and actuality.
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Imagery
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Words and phrases that create vivid sensory experiences for the reader.
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Farce
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Humorous, satirical stories with an improbable plot and exaggerated characters.
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Metonymy
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A figure of speech that subsitutes a word for something closely assiciated with it; e.g., "the pen is mightier than the sword."
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Biography
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A story written about a persons life.
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Consonance
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The repetition of consonants or of a consonant pattern.
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Epic
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A lengthy narrative poem; e.g. "The Odyssey".
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Moral
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The practical meaning of a story.
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Plot line
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The total development of a plot from exposition to denouement.
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Universality
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Writing that appeals to all ages and eras.
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Aside
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A comment or utterance meant to be inaudible to someone.
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Allegory
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The recounting of an unreal set of experiences bearing close resemblence to reality to encourage the reader to make an association; an extended metaphor; a story in which people and things have symbolic meaning.
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