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37 Cards in this Set
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Genre
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type of litature
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Fantasy
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answer
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Fairy tale
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story that takes place in an unreal world, magic plays a major roll, often relates adventures of magical creatures and/or royalty.
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Short story
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Science fiction
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story based on real or imagined scientific developements
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Prequel
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story that comes before another literary work
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Sequel
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story that comes after other literary works
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Retelling
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a new account of an older story
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Setting
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time and place a story takes place
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Character
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person or animal who takes part in the action of the story
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Characterization
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use of literary techniques to reveal the nature of character
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Direct
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makes direct comments about characters appearance and personality
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Indirect
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characters revealed through actions, words, and thoughts
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Point of view
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prespective from which story is told
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Narrator
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teller of story
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Plot
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sequence of events in story
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Conflict
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problem or struggle between two apposing forces
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Rising action
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events in story leading up to climax
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Climax
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high point of interest or suspense in story
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Resolution
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conflict has ended, loose ends are tied
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Simile
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comparing two things using like or as
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Metaphor
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direct comparison of two unlike things
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Personifiation
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giving human charasticis to objects/ideas/animals
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Onomatopoeia
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use of words to imitate sounds
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Hyperbole
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exaggeration
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Sensory Images
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descriptive details that appeal to the five sences
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Irony
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contract between what actually happenes and what is expected
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Foreshadowing
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using clue/hints to suggest what will happen later
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Mood
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different feeling created by images
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Theme
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underlying message
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Symbolism
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usage of an object to represent an idea
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Comic relief
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a moment of humor put into a searious seen to lighten mood
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Dialect
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language spoken in a spisific area
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Brothers Grimm
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german scholars in early 1800's
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Charles Parrault
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French,added morals
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the Arobian Nights
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a collection of ancient tales originally form persia, Arobia, India and Asia
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Mans Chriistian Anderson
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danish writher and poet
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