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23 Cards in this Set
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Archetype
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An idea or story that everyone knows.
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Symbolism
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When one thing stands for something else.
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Epic characteristics
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Vast setting, supernatural elements, objective author, elevated style, known hero, hero with superhuman powers.
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Epic hero
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Doer of deeds, great guy, known, noble, mysterious origins, goes through rite of passage, achieves destiny.
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Freytag's pyramid sections
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Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
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Indirect characterization
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One must infer characteristics.
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Direct characterization
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The author says exactly what someone is like.
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1st person point of view
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Narrator participates in the story.
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3rd Person point of view (omniscient)
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Narrator does not participate; knows everything; knows thoughts of all characters.
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Theme
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The message the reader infers from a story.
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Hook
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The attention-grabbing beginning of the story.
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3rd Person point of view (objective)
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Author knows nothing about the characters' thoughts; does not participate.
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Homeric Question
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Who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey?
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Homeric Hero
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Has honor, does good things, is favored by gods.
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In medias res
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In the middle of things.
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Metaphor
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A comparison that does NOT use "like" or "as."
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Simile
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A comparison that uses "like" or "as."
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Epithet
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A tagline that describes or characterizes someone or something.
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Greek tragedy vs. Greek comedy
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Tragedy ended negative; comedy ended positive, usually with a wedding.
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Personification
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Adding human characteristics to an inhuman object.
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Stasimon
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A song sung by the chorus during a play to recap what happened.
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Episode
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A dialogue between two or more characters.
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Chorus
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A group of people who sang songs to recap.
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