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60 Cards in this Set
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reference to persons, places, etc which reader is spsd to recognize (biblical, historical)
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ALLUSION
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term for something historically out of place
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ANACHRONISM
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brief account of an interesting, often amusing, incident
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ANECDOTE
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a note that explains/comments on a part of a text
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ANNOTATION
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author unknown
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ANONYMOUS
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character in conflict with the protagonist
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ANTAGONIST
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action which occured before the narrative begins (Hester's pregnancy)
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ANTECEDENT ACTION
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collections of writings in one book
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ANTHOLOGY
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an event less imprt than the next event, when something does not meet expectations, series in the reverse order of importance
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ANTICLIMAX
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use of balanced structure to emphasize comparison or contast
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ANTITHESIS
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the final event in a story that resolves conflict, also the 5th act of an Elizabethan play`
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CATASTROPHE
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act of making a "picture" of a character
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CHARACTER PORTRAYAL
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highest point of interest/ emotional intensity, where complication ceases and resolution begins, series in order of importance
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CLIMAX
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struggle between opposing forces (ex. internal v external)
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CONFLICT
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group of related incidents forming a definite part of plot of a drama
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EPISODE
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process of giving reader necessary information about story before the story starts
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EXPOSITION
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name for stories with imaginary people and events
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FICTION
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hinting to an upcoming event
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FORESHADOWING
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literary works similiar in form, style, content, or purpose
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GENRE
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plan of author to bring characters through conflict to inevitable conclusion
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PLOT
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formal summary of the chief points in a play or work
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ARGUMENT
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comment made by player in a drama which is spsd to be audible only to audience, similiar to soliloquoy but player is not alone on stage
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ASIDE
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story of a person's life by himself
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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story of a person's life
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BIOGRAPHY
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expurgate a piece of writing
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BOWDLERIZE
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form of lit that mocks by treating a serious subject in trivial style, or vice versa
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BURLESQUE
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picture, description in which outstanding characteristics are overdrawn
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CARICATURE
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purification of the emotions of the audience through experience of pity/fear gained from watching a tragedy
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CATHARSIS
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historical account of events in the order they happened
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CHRONICLE
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used to denote Greek&Roman authors and their works and is applied to those who imitate their style`
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CLASSICAL
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a trite phrase, one that has lost its force throught overuse
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CLICHE
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includes all the ideas that are suggested by the term
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CONNOTATION
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part of a passage in which a word or expression occurs and which helps to explain the meaning of the word/ex
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CONTEXT
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"god out of the machine" improbable method used by a writer to bring his plot to the desired solution
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DEUS EX MACHINA
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narrative which, like the novel, carries its main characters thru plot but is brief, concerns a single crisis, and creates a single impression
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SHORT STORY
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character whom one expects to find in a particular type of fiction
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STOCK CHARACTER
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position from which something is observed, a matter is considered, a story told
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POINT OF VIEW
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term applied to a piece of writing which appeals to people of every age
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UNIVERSALITY
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a quality of seeming to be true
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VERISIMILITUDE
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formal list of books, mags, articles, etc about a particular subject or by a certain author
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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form of composition that portrays life and characters through dialogue and action, intended for the stage
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DRAMA
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drama where protagonist is overcome in catastrophe, usually death, thru a tragic flaw or forces beyond the cntrl of protagonist
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TRAGEDY
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form of drama where protagonist overcomes the obstacles, usually social in nature
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COMEDY
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comedy in which main plot is serious and might lead to catastrophe, but ends happily for the protagonist
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TRAGICOMEDY
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comedy primarily intended to make people laugh
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FARCE
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comedy focusing on vices of society to ridicule
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SATIRICAL COMEDY
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when protagonist, no matter how dissolute, reforms in the end
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SENTIMENTAL COMEDY
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a play in which an excess of one of the "humours" (blood, phlegm, etc) governs the protagonist, with caricatures rather than characters
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COMEDY OF HUMOURS
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commedy where artificialities of a sophisicated society are exposed and satirized, plot is less imprt than characters
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COMEDY OF MANNERS
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form of comedy in which reality is disregarded and fanciful world and situations predominate
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FANTASY
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highly sensational or romantic play in which reality is suspended to give the audience thrills or to create emotional excitement
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MELODRAMA
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drama based on historical events
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CHRONICLE PLAY
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medieval drama which presented stories from the Bible, usually centering about the redemption of man
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MYSTERY PLAY
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medieval drama which related stories about the lives of the saints and the miracles which they performed
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MIRACLE PLAY
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type of allegorical drama in which characters were such as charity, faith, etc, struggle between virtue and vice
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MORALITY PLAY
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farcical type of short drama designed to be in between acts of a miracle or morality play, or even between courses at a banquet
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INTERLUDE
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spectacular drama w/ a loosely contructed allegorical plot, much singing/dancing/ornate costumes
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MASQUE
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dramatic poetry intended primarily for reading rather than production
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CLOSET DRAMA
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equivalent to novel v. short story, should deal with a single crisis in the life of a single character
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ONE-ACT PLAY
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people of the drama, list of chracters usually found immediately following title of play
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DRAMATIS PERSONAE
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