Ch. 5 Structure Literary Terms Flashcards

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Structure

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  • Chronological framework that emphasizes the narrative qualities of a piece
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Plot

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  • A series of events arranged to produce a definite sense of movement toward a specific goal
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Subplots

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  • A secondary plot within a piece of literature that accompanies the main plot, yet is lesser in importance or significance
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Plot Twist

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  • A plot development that violates the reader’s expectations
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Surprise Ending

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  • A plot twist at the end of a story
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Exposition

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  • The part of a story’s plot that introduces the reader to the setting, characters, and situation
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Inciting Incident

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  • The incident that sets the events of the conflict in motion
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Rising Action

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  • The events that follow the inciting incident and lead up to the crisis of the story
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Crisis

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  • The major turning point for the main character; the point at which something happens that affects the outcome of the story and determines the future of the main character
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Climax

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  • The point at which the plot reaches the moment of highest emotional intensity
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Falling Action

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  • The events that unfold the results of the crisis and lead to the conclusion
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Denoument

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  • The final outcome of a story and the last element of the plot in which the major complications are explained or settled
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Chronological Order

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  • The order in which events actually occur in a story
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Flashback

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  • A reference to events that occurred before the action of the main story, or to action that occurred before the time that the narrator is speaking
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Rhyme

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  • Identical sounds in the last stressed vowel and all of the sounds following that vowel in two or more sounds
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Meter

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  • The regular arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem
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Verse Form

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  • Specific combinations of rhyme and meter