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90 Cards in this Set
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Character
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any person in a story or any entity in a story that behaves as if it is a person
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Round character
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multi-faceted and compex
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flat charcter
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one distinguishing characteristic and only exists to advance the plot
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static character
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remain unchanged through the story
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Characterization
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an author creates a character (speech,appearnce, though, actions)
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indirect
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discribing characters through the speech and throught of others characters
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Direct
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narrator or author provides information about the character
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protagonist
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main character
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antagonist
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the person or force who acts against the protagonist
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foil
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character that serves as an opposite for a main character
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allusion
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referance to person, place, thing, or idea that the author assumes the reader will be familiar with
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symbol
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an item that represents itself or a concept larger than itself
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irony
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any differance between appearance and reality
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sarcasm
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when u say one thing but you been another(intention)
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situational irony
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when it seems that things are going to turn out one way and they turn out another
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Dramatic irony
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when the audience or reader knows info. that the main character does not know
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cosmic irony
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when you have come to believe that you are invincible and the universe needs to five you a reality check
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genre
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types of luterature(fiction, non-fiction, poetry, plays,folk tales)
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poetry
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generally identified b/c it has stanzas
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drama
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identified by dialouge tags
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monologue
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one person delivering an extended speech
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aside
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a characte speaks directly to the audience
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dialogue
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conversation between characters
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dialect
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speech that is specific to a region or groups of people
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diction
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word choice
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tone
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the writter's attitude
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style
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the way the author writes
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denotation
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dictionary meaning of a word
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connotation
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cultural meaning
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locale
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place
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setting
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time and place
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milieu
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time, place, and social or cultural values
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effect
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the overall impact of a work upon the reader
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theme
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what is the story about?
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conflict
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any problem in the story
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mood
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the atmosphere created within the story
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exposition
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the background info. required to get the story started and where the major conflict is introduced
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rising action
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where the confluct beomes more complicated
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climax
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the point of the story viewed with the greatest emotional intensity. turning point
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falling action
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anyhting after the climax but before resolution
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resolution
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how the story is resolved
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simile
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a compaison using like or as
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metaphor
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comparospn between two items where one item beomces that other
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personification
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investing inanimate objects with human emotions
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hyperbole
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exaggeration for serious or comic effect
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understatement
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saying less that what you actually mean
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oxymoron
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combining two opposites to create a new meaning or effect
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onomatopoeia
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words that represent sounds
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aupphemism
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a glossing word, phrase, or idea to show emphasis
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metonymy
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a complex metaphr where an item associated w/ the object comes to represent the whole
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synecdoche
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a complex metaphor where a part f the object comes to represent wht whole
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anthropomorphism
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like personification but giving multiple traits
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pathetic fallacy
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attributing human emotions to non human objects
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syntax
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the word structure of a sentence
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inversion
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flipping the normal syntax of a sentace
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anagram
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a king of wordplay
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analogy
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a comparison between two dissimilar objects to point out how they are ssinilar
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antithesis
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using ideas in opposition
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epithet
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a descriptive phrase
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alliteration
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repetition of the 1st consonant sounds in words that are near one antoher
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consonance
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repetition of the ending vowel sound
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euphony
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language that is intended to be pleasent sound to the eat
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cacophony
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languafe that is intedned to be harsh sounding to the ear
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rhyme
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repetition of identical ir similar sounds
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rhyme scheme
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using letters you mark out the pattern of a rhyme
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internal rhyme
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where a word within a line of poetry as well oa the final word of that line rhymes
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end rhyme
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where the end of the liens ryme
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stanza
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a group of lines of peotry
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tragedy
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where the main character(s) dies
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flashback
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a brak in the chronological sequence of the plot to reveal envents that have happened in the past
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flashforwar
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a break in the chronological sequence of the plot to reveal evens that will occur in the future
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foreshadowing
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casting light on future events
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imagery
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using words to create pictures foir the reader using the five senses
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motif
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repetition of a word, idea, or image to express a theme
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plot
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selectively revealin info in action within a narrative to create meaning
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Point of view
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who's speacking? 1st, 2nd, 3rd person
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omniscient
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all knowing
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limited imniscient
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perspective is gernerally limited between one to three characters about those characters your have full access as dictated by you to internal and external behaviors
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aphorism
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bried, witty remark
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pun
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play on words
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stream of onsciousness
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attempt in narrative to mimic the thoughts, structure of the human brain
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negative capability
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ability of the reader or character or both to follow a narrative without knowing what is going to occur
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autobiography
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writting about yourself
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biography
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account of a person's life(written by someone else)
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letters
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finding out stuff through the letters of some to someone else
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journal
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day to day accounts of a person
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memoir
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CONSTRUCTION OF A CERTAIN segment of someone's life
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nobella
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51-149 pages
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novel
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150+ pages
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persona
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personality that one adopts
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