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52 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration |
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of a series of words. |
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Allusion |
A reference to a well-known literary work or public icon. |
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Antagonist |
A character who opposes the protagonist in a story. |
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Ballad |
A form of verse, often a narrative set to music. |
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Characterization |
The creation of a fictional individual through a description of their appearance, speech, thoughts, and behavior. |
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Climax |
The highest point in the plot of a story. |
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Conflict |
The problem in a story. |
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Connotation |
The emotional association with a word. |
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Consonance |
A repetition of consonant sounds that don't have to appear at the beginning of a word. |
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Denotation |
The literal meaning of a word. |
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Denoument |
The set of events after the climax in a plot. |
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Dialogue |
When two or more characters are engaged in a conversation. |
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Dynamic Character |
A character that changes as a result of the events of the story. |
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Extended Metaphor |
A metaphor which is developed throughout an entire poem or section of prose. |
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Falling Action |
The events that happen after the climax of a story. |
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First Person Point of View |
The point of view characterized by the use of the pronoun "I". |
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Flashback |
When an event of the past is inserted into the current action. |
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Flat Character |
A one dimensional character. |
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Foil |
A character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight various features of the main character's personality. |
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Foreshadowing |
Hints about events that are about to come. |
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Four Types of Conflict |
Man vs Man, Man vs Nature, Man vs Self, and Man vs Society. |
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Free Verse |
A poem with no regular rhythm or rhyme. |
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Genre |
The writing style of a composition. |
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Hyperbole |
A vastly over the top exaggeration. |
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Imagery |
The set of mental pictures found in the reader's mind through the use of descriptive language. |
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Irony |
The notion of something other than what was expected. |
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Limited Omniscient |
The point of view when a story is told in the third person, revealing one character's thoughts, feelings, and actions. |
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Lyric |
A short personal poem that expresses feelings and thoughts, but does not tell a story. |
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Metaphor |
A comparison that does not use like or as. |
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Mood |
The overall emotional quality created by a piece of literature. |
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Meter |
The pattern of rhythm. |
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Narrative Essay |
An essay that tells a story. |
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Narrator |
The teller of a story. |
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Omniscient |
The point of view where the narrative voice is all-seeing and all-knowing. |
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Oxymoron |
A phrase that has an inherent contradiction in it. |
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Plot |
The events in a narrative. |
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Personification |
Attributes human characteristics to inanimate things. |
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Round Character |
A character that has multiple sides to their personality. These characters are well developed and complex. |
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Rhyme |
The repetition of similar sounds in words. |
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Rhythm |
The beat of a line of poetry or prose. |
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Rising Action |
The events that build the suspense leading to the climax of a story. |
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Setting |
The time and place of a narrative. |
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Symbols |
Images that represent something else. |
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Symbolism |
A literary device where an object or a person represents an idea. |
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Simile |
A comparison using like or as. |
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Sonnet |
14 line poems that have a specific meter and rhyme scheme. |
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Stanza |
A group of lines in a poem. |
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Static Character |
A character that does not change throughout the story. |
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Style |
The way that a writer puts together the words that they choose. |
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Theme |
An insight into the topic being presented in the work. |
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Third Person Point of View |
The point of view that does not use the pronouns "I" or "You". This is the voice of a character that stands outside of the events of the narrative. |
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Tone |
The emotional attitude toward a subject conveyed by the writer's word choice and can be objective (Unbiased and unemotional) or subjective (Personal experience and opinions are expressed). |