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20 Cards in this Set
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Simile
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Comparison using "like" or "as"
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Metaphor
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Direct comparison
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Personification
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Giving something non-human a human quality
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Oxymoron
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Two words that contradict each other
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Allusion
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A reference the reader/audience is expected to recognize without explanation. Used to add meaning/humor.
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Direct Presentation
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Show a character's traits directly. You state it.
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Indirect Presentation
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"Show" the trait through action/speech.
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Setting:
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Time + place of a story (as specific as you can be)
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Conflict:
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Person vs person - argument or physical
person vs environment - nature or society person vs self - emotional (internal conflict) |
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Theme: (two steps)
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The message of the author. What the author wants you to learn.
1- what is a main idea? (racism, technology, intelligence, love, etc.) 2- what is the author's message's about this idea? |
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Timeline. _____/\___
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1 introduction: characters + setting
2 initiating incident: event that starts the conflict 3 rising action: events lead to climax 4 climax "highest point of emotion" point where reader knows result of conflict 5 denouement/conclusion: "unknotting of plot" the resolution. hints or explains the future |
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POV first person
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narrator uses"I". know this main character.
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POV third person limited
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narrator says "he/she". knows thoughts of one main character
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third person omniscient
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"god-like" perspective. he/she. thoughts of more than one main character.
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third person objective
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"looking through the window" he/she without thoughts, only looks ( and assumptions)
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Character Traits.
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minor. usually only know one side of him/her
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round:
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major. know a bunch about them. see more than one side.
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dynamic:
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significant lasting change. major. they are round and they change personality/behaviour.
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static:
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minor or major. don't change benefits
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stereotype:
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minor. usually demonstrates expected traits of a given group.
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