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23 Cards in this Set
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plot |
what happens in a story; the sequence of events |
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exposition |
the beginning of a story where the setting, characters, and basic situations are usually introduced |
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setting |
where and when a literary work takes place |
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complicating incident |
an important early event that signals that the action is about to start |
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conflict |
a clash or struggle between people, ideas, or feelings; characters can have a conflict within themselves, with another character, with society, or with nature |
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climax |
the point of highest action in a story; the turning point |
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falling action |
the part of the plot where issues are resolved and questions are answered |
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resolution |
the solution or working out of a literary conflict |
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narrative |
something that is narrated, or told; a story |
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purpose |
the reason for writing |
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memoir |
a narrative composed from personal experience |
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first-person point of view |
narration of a story by one of the characters, using the first-person pronouns I and me |
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flashback |
a narrative technique that allows authors to introduce past events that have a direct impact on a story´s present |
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imagery |
language that creates a mental picture by appealing to the senses, that makes readers see, hear, smell, taste, or feel things in their imagination; for example, "the coal-black night," "the stinging cold," "the rapping and tapping of rain on the roof" |
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sensory detail |
descriptive detail that appeals to any of the senses—sight, hearing, touch, smell, or taste |
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showing language |
words used to create pictures in the mind of a reader, rather than words that merely tell what happened |
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dialect |
a way of speaking that is particular to a certain group of people, place, or time |
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dialogue |
a conversation between characters |
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mood |
the emotions or feelings that are conveyed in a literary work |
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tone |
the attitude of the writer toward the topic or subject |
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voice |
the way a piece of writing sounds |
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chronological order |
organizational pattern in which details are arranged in the order they occur |
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audience |
the intended readers to whom the author is writing |
