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Literary Terms In Stories Flashcards

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The Cask of Amontillado symbolism

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going deeper into the crypt represented Fortunado getting closer to his death

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The Cask of Amontillado point of view

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1st person

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The Cask of Amontillado setting

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crypt of Montressor

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The Cask of Amontillado mood

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Dark, scary

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The cask of Amontillado plotline

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rising action: leading Fortunado into the crypts Climax: Putting Fortunado in the wall Falling action: Montresor leaving and living his life

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The Cask of Amontillado theme

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revenge

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The Cask of Amontillado characters

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Montressor, Fortunado

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The Cask of Amontillado irony

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Fortunado’s name is ironic, though it would make sense that he is a fortunate person, he suffers a tortourus death in the story.

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The Cask of Amontillado foreshadowing

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Montressor toasting to Fortuanado ‘s long life foreshadows that montresor will not live very long.

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The Most Dangerous Game symbolism

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Rainsford and Zarrof playing the dangerous game symbolizes hunting an animal

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The Most Dangerous Game point of view

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Third person omniscient*

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The Most Dangerous Game setting

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Ship-Trap Island-modernish times

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The Most Dangerous Game mood

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suspenseful

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The Most Dangerous Game Plot Line

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rising action: Rainsford landing on the island, finding out about hunt Climax: the hunt Falling action: Rainsford sleeping in the bed

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The Most Dangerous Game Theme

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murder

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The Most Dangerous Game Irony

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Rainsford(world known hunter) becomes the hunted

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The Necklace Symbolism

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the necklace symbolized social status

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The Necklace point of view

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3rd person(limited)

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The Necklace setting

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The 1900s in a workplace and a party

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The Necklace mood

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funny and Grimm

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The Necklace plotline

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doesn’t really follow the simple plot line because the climax is arguably at the end

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The Necklace theme

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Status

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The Necklace Irony

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The wife spending 10 years of her life working to pay off a real necklace where the one meant to be replaced was fake

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The Necklace foreshadowing

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Madame forester giving the poor Mathilde a necklace sp easily foreshadows that it might not be that expensive.

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The Harvest symbolism

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sleep symbolizes death towards the end of the story

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The Harvest point of view

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3rd person(omniscient)

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The Harvest setting

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the counrty are of texas

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The Havrest mood

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peaceful,settling

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The Harvest plot line

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rising action: the kids trying to understand what the old man does climax: them finding out Falling action: the kid doing it to

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The Harvest theme

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-nature; don’t listen to others assumptions

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The Gift of Magi symbolize

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the gifts represented their love for each other

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The GIft of Magi point of view

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3rd person(limited)

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The Gift of Magi setting

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A cheap house

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The Gift of the Magi mood

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neutral

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The Gift of the Magi Plotline

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rising action: Della trying to get a gift for Jim climax: they exchange gifts Falling action: the explanation of how selfless they were

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The Gift of the Magi theme

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giving; sacrifice for the ones you love

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The Gift of the Magi irony

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The couple sold there prized possesions to buy things for each other’s prized possessions

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The Gift of the Magi foreshadow

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Mentioning that they had prized possesions foreshadowed that something would happen to those possessions

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The Scarlet Ibis symbolizes

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The scarlet Ibis dying symbolized Doodle dying in the story.

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The Scarlet Ibis point of view

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1st Person

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The Scarlet Ibis Setting

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in a cotton field during WW1

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The Scarlet Ibis mood

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cruel,sad

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The Scarlet Ibis plot line

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rising action: the brother training doodle Climax: doodle dying There isn’t really a falling action

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The Scarlet Ibis theme

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cruelty; breaking expectations

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The Scarlet Ibis Irony

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It’s ironic that pushing Doodle to achieve good things caused his death

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The Scarlet Ibis foreshadowing

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The scarlet ibis dying foreshadowed that Doodle was going to die

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The Interlopers symbolism

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The wolves represent hate which will eat you up inside

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The interlopers setting

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Back in the day, a forest

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The Interlopers point of view

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3rd person(omniscient)

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The Interlopers mood

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suspensful

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The Interlopers theme

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grudges/hatred

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The Interlopers Plot line`

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rising action: the build-up of grudges CLimax: them meeting each other falling actition; they become freinds then gert eaten by wolves

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The Interlopers Plot line`

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rising action: the build-up of grudges CLimax: them meeting each other falling action; they become friends then get eaten by wolves

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The Interlopers irony

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Once they stop trying to kill each other, they get killed by nature

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The interlopers foreshadowing

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Because they both wish to kill each other, its clear someone, one or both, will die

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I wandered Lonely as a Cloud Plot

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The Author floats over a field of daffodils(as a cloud) and experiences great joy from there presence. The author goes on to say that whenever they’re in a pensive mood they remember the daffodils and that makes them happy again

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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud characters

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narrator

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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud setting

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field of daffodils

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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud theme

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daffodils

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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud point of view

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1st person

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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud mood

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happy,radiant

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The Eagle Plot

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This poem describes a majestic eagle

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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud mood

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happy,radiant

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The Eagle Plot

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This poem describes a majestic eagle

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The Eagle charachters

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eagle

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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud symbolism

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the field of daffodils can represent whatever you find beautiful and makes you extremely happy

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The Eagle theme

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majestic

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The Eagle point of view

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3rd person

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The Eagle mood

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stupendous,awe

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“Hope” is a thing with feathers Plot

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The poem describes different aspects of hope and how it interacts with people

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Hope is a thing with feathers charachterees

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hope,narrator

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Hope is a thing with feathers theme

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hope

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Hope is a thing with feathers point of view

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1st person

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Hope is a thing with feathers mood

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calm

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Dream Deferred plot

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The poem asked questions about what happens if you put off a dream

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Dream Deferred theme

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decay/rotting

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Dream deferred mood

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gross,disgusting

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Dreams plot

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The poem is about what happens when you dont hold on to dreams.

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Dreams theme

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dreams

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Dreams mood

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sad

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Dreams point of view

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third person

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