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51 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two ore more words
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Allusion
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A reference to a well known work of literature
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Antagonist
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enemy
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Aside
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a remark spoken in an undertone by a charater in a play that is heard by audience but not the other character
an actors speech thats only heard by the audience. |
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Assonance
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The repetition of vowel sounds within two or more words
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Blank Verse
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Any verse comprised of unrhymed lines all in the same meter
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Character
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A person or animal who takes part in the action of a work in lit
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Round character
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a character who displays many different aspects to his/her character
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Flat Character
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two-dimensional character who represents a single quality
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Static Character
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a character who does not display important changes in teh course of the story
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Characterization
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the techniques a writer uses to create and develop a character
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Climax
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the turning point in the plot of a work
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Conflict
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the struggle between opposing forces that is the basis plot a story
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External conflict
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Occurs between a character and a force of nature between two characters, or between a character and a society
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Internal conflict
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Occurs when a character sturggles withing himself--to make a decision
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Consonance
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the reptition of consosnat sounds withing and at the end of words
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Couplet
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a pair of lines of poetry that are rhymed
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Drama
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Literature that is meant to be performed for an audience
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Epic
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Long,narrative poem that tells the adventures of a hero
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Exposition
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part of plot that introduces character and setting, gives background
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Falling Action
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occurs after climax, shows the effect of the climax--end in the resolution
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Fiction
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writing that comes from imagination
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Foreshadowing
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techinque that hints what will happen later in story
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local color
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use of regional dialects, characters, and setting
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Genre
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distinct type of literature
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Hubris
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Overbearing pride or arrogance leading to the downfall of a character
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Iambic pentameter
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rhythmical pattern of syllables in which the rhythm goes from an unstressed to stressed
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imagery
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words and phrases that appeal to the reader's sense
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Irony
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the contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens
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Metaphor
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figure of speech that compares two things without using like or as
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Meter
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the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
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Mood
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the feeling that the writer wants the reader to get from a work of lit.
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Myth
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a traditional story, usually involving magic or supernaturals
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narrator
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the teller of the story
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Non-fiction
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Prose writing about real people, places, things and ideas.
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Onomatopoeia
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the use of words which imitate sounds
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Paradox
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A statement that seems to contradict itself
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Personification
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a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to an object, idea, or animal
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Plot
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sequence of actions and events in a literary work
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Point of view
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the perspective from which a story is told
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first person
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the narrator tells the story
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third person limited
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narrator tells only what ONE character sees, thinks, feels
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Third person omniscient
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Narrator sees into the minds of all characters
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Protagonist
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the central character
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Resolution
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Final part of the plot, explains how the conflict is resolved
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Rhyme scheme
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the pattern of rhyme within a poem
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Rising action
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the second part of a literary work, conflict becomes obvious
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Setting
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time and place in which action is occured
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Similie.Standard
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a comparison of two things using like or as
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Simile. Homeric/heroic
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a long comparison that continues for a number of lines
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Soliloquy
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a character talks to himself and reveals his thoughts without addressing a listener
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