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15 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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plot
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WHAT HAPPENS in the story; the sequence of events
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setting
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TIME and PLACE
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conflict
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the STRUGGLE between opposing forces
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climax
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the HIGH POINT of the action of the story
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symbol
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an object or color that REPRESENTS (or STANDS FOR) AN IDEA
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foreshadowing
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a HINT of what will happen later in the story
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irony
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the difference between what APPEARS to be and what ACTUALLY is
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verbal irony
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when someone SAYS the OPPOSITE of what he MEANS
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situational irony
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when something HAPPENS that is OPPOSITE of what is EXPECTED
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dramatic irony
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when the READER knows more than the CHARACTER in the story
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point of view
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vantage POINT from which the story is TOLD
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1st person point of view
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Uses "I" or "we" or has a narrator
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3rd person omniscient point of view
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the narrator knows the THOUGHTS and feelings of ALL the characters
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3rd person limited point of view
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the narrator knows the THOUGHTS and feelings of ONE character
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theme
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underlying IDEA that the AUTHOR wishes to convey - the LESSON or MORAL of the story
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