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29 Cards in this Set
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Setting
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where and when astory takes place |
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Exposition
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the basic situation or introduction of a pieceof fiction
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Climax <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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the point of highest interest
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Denouement <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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the conclusion or resolution of a piece offiction
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Foreshadowing <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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hints of clues ofwhat's to come<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> |
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Red Herring
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false hints or clues intended to confuse thereader
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Protagonist <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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the MAIN character(not always the good guy)<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> |
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Antagonist <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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the character whocomes into conflict with the main character (not always the bad guy)<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> |
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Round Character
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a well-developed,three-dimensional character<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> |
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Flat Character
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an underdeveloped,two-dimensional character<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> |
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Dynamic Character <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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a character whochanges over the course of the story<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> |
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Static Character <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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a character whodoesn't change over the course of a story<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> |
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Stock Character <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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a character we seeagain and again in literature (the town drunk, the bumbling cop, the |
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First Person <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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the narrator IS acharacter in the story<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> |
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Third Person <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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the narrator IS NOT acharacter in the story<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> |
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Verbal Irony <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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the intended meaningof a statement differs from the meaning that the words appear to |
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Situational Irony <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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the opposite of whatthe reader expects to happen happens<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> |
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Dramatic Irony <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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the reader oraudience knows something the characters in the story or play don't<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> |
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Tone <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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the attitude of theauthor toward the characters, subject matter, reader, etc.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> |
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Symbolism <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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signify ideas andqualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their |
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Allusion
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a brief and indirectreference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, liter |
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Theme <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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a main idea or anunderlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or |
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Metaphor
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a resemblance of twocontradictory or different objects is made based on a single or some commoncharacteristics<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> |
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Simile
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draws resemblancewith the help of the words "like" or "as"<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> |
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Alliteration <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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a number of words,having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> |
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Personification <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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giving humancharacteristics to things that aren't human<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> |
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Pathetic Fallacy <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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giving human emotionsto things that aren't human<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> |
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Onomatopoeia <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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words that sound likewhat they mean<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> |
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Hyperbole <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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exaggeration forliterary effect<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> |
