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Elements Of A Fiction/Poetry Flashcards

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What is the atmosphere or feeling of a literally work?

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Mood

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What is the time and place in which a a story takes place?

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Setting

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What are the individuals whose thoughts and actions make up a story?

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Characters

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What is the central, focal figure in a work of fiction?

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Protagonist

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What is a character or force that works against the protagonist,creating obstacles?

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Antagonist

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What are characters that are fully developed with both positive qualities and flaws?

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Round Characters

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What are characters that do not undergo any change from the story’s inception to its conclusion?

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Dynamic Character

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What are characters that do not undergo any change from the story’s inception to its conclusion?

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Static Character

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What are characters that are stereotypical and one-dimensional?

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Flat Character

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What are methods used by author to develop a character?

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Characterization

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What is the the arrangement, or sequence, of events within a story?

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Plot

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What is an obstacle, struggle or controversy that the protagonist must resolve to overcome?

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Conflict

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What is a conflict in which the protagonist has a problem with another character?

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Character vs. Character

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What is a conflict in which the protagonist must struggle against a harsh environment or natural disaster?

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Character vs. Nature

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What is a conflict in which the protagonist faces a problem with a part or whole of society?

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Character vs. Society

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What is a conflict in which the protagonist is at odds with an internal problem, such as fear, shyness or guilt?

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Character vs. Self

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What is a conflict in which the protagonist struggles with a force that seems beyond the characters control?

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Character vs. Fate

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What in fiction, the plot normally begins with?

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Exposition

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What is the use of clues early in a story to give hints about events that will happen later?

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Foreshadowing

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What is a series of events and conflict involving the story’s characters that leads to the climax?

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Rising Action

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20
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What is the turning point of a story?

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Climax

21
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What is also referred to as a denouement?

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Falling Action

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What is the conclusion of the story?

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Resolution

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What is an unexpected twist in the resolution?

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Situational irony

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What is the idea or ideas that weave the characters, setting and events together?

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Theme

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What is a second story within the main plot of a story?

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Subplot

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What is the repetition of similar sounds at the end of a word?

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Rhyme

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What is a group of lines that are linked together?

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Stanza

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What is the pattern of end rhyme in a poem?

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Rhyme scheme

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What is a sound element of poetry it is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables?

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Rhythm

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What is a repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables?

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Meter

36
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What is a pair of rhyming lines in a poem?

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Couplet

37
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What is a four line poem or stanza, usually united by meter and rhyme?

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Quatrain

38
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What is the deliberate use and arrangement of words to create a special effect?

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Figurative language

39
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What is a comparison of two things that have in common?

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Simile

40
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What is a comparison of two things that have a quality in common?

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Metaphor

41
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What is a metaphor that is developed over several lines of writing or over the course of an entire poem?

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Extended metaphor

42
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What is the use of a person,place or object to stand for something other than itself?

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Symbolism

43
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What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

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Alliteration

44
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What the repetition of a consonant sound in several words of a line or stanza?

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Consonance

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What is the repetition of a vowel sound in several words of a line or stanza?

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Assonance

46
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What is a five line poem that is often humerous?

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Limerick

47
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What is a 14 line rhyming poem written in iambic pentameter?

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Sonnet

48
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What a meter in which each unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable?

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Iambic pentameter

49
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What is unrhymed iambic pentameter?

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Black verse

50
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What is poetry that does not follow a regular pattern of rhyme or rhythm?

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Free verse

51
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What is poetry that tells stories?

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Narrative poetry

52
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What is a long narrative poem that tells of the adventures of a hero of historic or legendary importance?

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Epic

53
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What is a narrative poem that usually tells a story with tragic overtones and a dramatic conclusion?

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Ballad

54
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What is poetry that focuses on the emotions or thoughts of a single speaker?

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Lyric poetry

55
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What is extreme exaggeration used for effect?

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Hyperbole

56
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What is an animal object or idea that takes on human qualities?

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Personification

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