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31 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration |
When two or more words in a group of words begin with the same sound |
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Antagonist |
The opponent or enemy of the main character or protagonist |
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Aside |
Words spoken to the audience by a character I a drama that are hot supposed to he hears by the other characters onstage |
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Characterization |
The means through which an author reveals a character's personality |
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Climax |
The point In a play novel short story or narrative poem at which the conflict reaches it greatest intensity and is then resolved |
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Condlict |
A struggle between opposing forces |
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Dialogue |
The conversation between characters in a work of literature |
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Dynamic character |
A character who undergoes a significant internal change over the course of the story |
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Figurative language |
Uses words in some way other than their literal meanings |
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Flashback |
A scene Ina satori that occurred before the present time in the story |
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Foreshadowing |
Clues or hints about something that is going to happen later in the story |
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Hyperbloe |
Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect |
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Idiom |
An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its individual words |
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Imagery |
Language that portrays sensory experiences |
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Dramatic irony |
When the reader or audience member is aware of something that the characters are unaware of |
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Situational irony |
When something happens that is the reverse of what you expected |
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Verbal irony |
When the name of description of something implies the opposite of the truth |
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Major character |
Main or important charcter |
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Metaphor |
The comparison of two unlike things to illuminate a particular quality or aspect of one of those things |
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Minor character |
A character who doesn't play a large role |
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Mood |
The feeling a reader gets from a work of literature |
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Personification |
Describing Mohican animals or ideas as though they posses human qualities or emotions |
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Plot |
The sequence of events In a story |
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Protagonist |
The main or central character of a work of literature |
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Setting |
The environment where a story takes place |
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Simile |
When two unlike things are compared using like or as |
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Static charcater |
A character who doesn't undergo a significant change |
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Stmbol |
An object setting event animal or persons that I one level is itself but that has another meaning as well |
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Symbolism |
The practice of using symbols |
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Theme |
A story's main message or moral |
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Tone |
Te author's attitude toward a subject matter or toward the reader or audience |
