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41 Cards in this Set
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tragedy
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something sad happens
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alliteration
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repetition of first consonant sound
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noun
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person, place, thing, or idea
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verb
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shows action or state of being
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adjective
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word that describes a noun or pronoun
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adverb
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a word that modifies adjectives, adverb, or verb
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conjunction
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word that connects 2 words or 2 groups of words
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preposition
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shows relationship between 2 things
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interjection
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words for excitement or emotion
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biography
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author writes about someone else
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comedy
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something writen intended to make you lajgh
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drama
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a play, meant to be acted out
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fantasy
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could not actually happen
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fiction
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fake, made up
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historical fiction
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based on history, still not true
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mystery
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an unknown that needs to be solved
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non-fiction
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something that's true
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romance
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a love story
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satire
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comedy that attempts to show you wrong in something by making sarcastic fun of it
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science-fiction
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story that's made up, takes things to future or a level that could happen
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allegory
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(extended metaphor) something's that a symbol for something else
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assonance
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repetition of any vowel sound
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dialogue
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conversation between 2 people
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epiphany
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moment of awakening for character.. when they realize something very important
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internal rhyme
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rhyme inside sentence / or line of poetry
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metaphor
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symbolic comparison w/out like or as
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monologue
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one person talking
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onamatopoeia
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word that sounds like its meaning (bang, crash, buzz, zoom, zip, ding)
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personification
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giving any nonhuman thing human qualities.. cars and computers a lot
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iambic pentameter
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pattern of 5 syllables (unstressed, stressed) u/u/u/u/ .. 10 syllable line, 5 stressed & 5 unstressed
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pun
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play on words, usually involves meaning and sound
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autobiography
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author writes about him/herself
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simile
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any comparison using like or as
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slant rhyme
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oblique rhyme, or approximate rhyme.. word that almost rhymes, fast-track, bat-can't.. used a lot in rap
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sililoquy
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monologue in which you discover a character's most inner thoughts
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introduction
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characters & setting introduced, fino out conflict
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rising action
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builds events & actions that lead to climax
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climax
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turning point of the story
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falling action
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smaller conflicts resolved
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resolution
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most commonly called the "denouement" = unraveling, untying, unknotting.. end of story
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plot
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storyline
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