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11 Cards in this Set
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Plot
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Plot is a series of related events that make up a story or drama.
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Character
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A character is a person in a story, poem, or play.
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Setting
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The setting is where the story takes place.
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Theme
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Theme is a central idea or insight about life and human nature that gives a story meaning.
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Mood
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Mood is a distinctive emotional quality or feeling a story gives off.
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Tone
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Tone is the attitude the writer takes towards the subject, the charcter, or the reader.
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Point of View
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Point of view is the vantage point from which a writer narrates or tells the story.
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Symbol
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Symbol is an object, setting, event, animal, or person, that stands for itself, and something beyond itself.
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Irony
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Irony is a figure of speech that is said to be different or opposite of its true meaning.
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Ambiguity
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Ambiguity is a use of language or literature whose meaning is unclear and has many possible meanings.
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Figuritive Language
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Figuritve language is a word or phrase that says one thing in terms of another and is not supposed to be understood on a literal level.
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