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44 Cards in this Set
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allegory
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a narrative in which characters and settings stand for abstract ideas or moral qualities
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ambiquity
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an element of uncertainty in a text in which something can be interpreted in a number of ways
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character
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person in poem or play
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protagonist
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the nice person in the story; the one you root for in the story
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antagonist
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the bad guy in the story; the one the reader usually doesn't like
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round character
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has many different character traits, which sometimes contradict one another
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flat character
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has only one or two traits and these can be described in a few words
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static character
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one who does not change much in the course of the story
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dynamic character
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changes as a result of the story's events
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foil
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a character who is used to contrast another character
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characterization
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when a character's personality is revealed
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indirect characterization
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allow you to observe characters in action
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1. dialogue
2. appearance 3. private thoughts 4. how other characters in the story feel about them 5. action |
methods of indirect characterization
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direct characterization
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writers plainly tell us about the people who inhabit their fictional worlds
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conflict
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struggle or clash between opposing characters or forces
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external conflict
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character struggles against an outside force
1. person vs. nature 2. person vs. person 3. person vs. society |
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internal conflict
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conflict within characters own hear and mind
person vs. self |
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flashback
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scene in a movie, play, short story, novel, narrative or poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to flash backward and tell what happened at an earlier time
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foreshadowing
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use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in a plot
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irony
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contrast between expectation and reality between what is said and what is really meant, between what is expected to happen and what really does
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verbal irony
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a writer or speaker says one thing but really means something completely different
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situational irony
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occurs when there is a contrast between what would seem appropriate and what really happens or when there is a contradiction between what we expect to happen and what really does take place
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dramatic irony
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occurs when the audience or the reader knows something important that a character in a play doesn't know
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mood(atmosphere)
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affects the way we feel created by a writers words choice and by details of setting
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narrator
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the voice telling a story
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unreliable narrator
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biased about or ignorant of what has actually occurred
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plot
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series of related events that make up a story or drama
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exposition (basic situation)
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part of the story in which the basic situation is outlined and the characters and main conflict are introduced
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initial incident
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introduction of a conflict
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rising action
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chain of events that takes place as the main characters struggle to achieve his or her goal
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climax
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the point of highest emotional intensity; sometimes the point where we learn the outcome of the conflict
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resolution(denouement)
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events following the climax in which many remaining issues are resolved
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point of view
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vantage point from which a writer tells a story
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omniscient point of view
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the narrator is not a story character and almost never refers to himself or herself directly
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first-person point of view
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a character in the story who talks to us, using the first-person pronoun
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third-person point of view
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plays no part in the story he or she just tells it
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satire
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type of writing that ridicules something a person, a group of people humanity at large, an altitude or failing, a social institution--in order to reveal a weakness
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setting
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the time and place of a story or play
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short story
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short, concentrated fictional prose narrative
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suspense
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uncertainty or anxiety the reader feels about what is going to happen next
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symbol
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can be a person, place, thing or event that stands for something beyond itself
Ex: bald eagle to the USA |
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theme
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central idea of a work of literature
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tone
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attitude a writer takes toward a subject, a character, or the audience
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voice
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the writer's or speaker's distinctive use of language in a text
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