Literature Flashcards

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The sequence of events in a story is…

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Plot

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The time and place of the action of a story is…

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Setting

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The first stage of a plot in a typical story. It provides important background information and introduces the setting and the important characters.

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Exposition

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The stage in a plot in which the conflict develops and story events build toward a climax. Complications arise that make the conflict more intense.

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Rising action

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The most exciting part of the story is…

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Climax

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Action starts decreasing.

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Falling action

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The story starts to wrap up.

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Resolution

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The tension between two or more characters is…

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Conflict

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The hero, leader of the story(main character) is…

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Protagonist

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The person who apposes the main character(evil, enemy, rival) is…

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Antagonist

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The narration of a story that is told in either first, third, third-omniscient, or third limited is…

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Point of view

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A character who remains the same thought the story is…

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Static character

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A person or character who goes through a change in personality is..

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Dynamic character

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An easily recognized character type in fiction may not be fully delineated( isn’t present very long) is…

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Flat character

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A character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author(stays) is…

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Round character

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A character who provides a striking contrast to another character. The writer can call attention to certain traits possessed by a main character or simply enhance a character by contrast is…

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Foil

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That way a writer creates and develops the character’s personality is…

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Characterization

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The comparison of two things using “like” or “as” is…

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Simile

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A figure of speech/ comparison not using “like” or “as” is…

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Metaphor

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Giving human like qualities to non- human things is…

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Personification

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An over exaggeration is…

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Hyperbole

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The use of words whose sounds echo is…

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Onomatopoeia

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An account of conversation an episode or an event that happened before beginning of a story is…

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Flashback

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A writers use of hints that will occur later on in the story is…

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Foreshadowing

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A state or feeling of excitement or anxious uncertainly about what may happen is…

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Suspense

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A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result is…

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Irony

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The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person’s thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic is…

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Theme

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A general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. is…

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Tone

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A temporary state of mind or feeling is…

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Mood

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A person, place, object, or an activity that stands for something beyond itself is…

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Symbol

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An indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work is…

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Allusion