Plot Terms Flashcards
1
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Atmosphere
A
-effect of physical environment
2
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Tone
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-author’s or speaker’s attitude
3
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Conflict
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-interplay of opposing forces
4
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Comic Relief
A
-lightens the narrative
5
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Complication
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-plot reversals
6
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Deus Ex Machina
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- a contrived ending
- usually some divine character is introduced in order to resolve the story
7
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Epiphany
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-sudden awareness
8
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Flashback
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-device to supply background
9
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Foreshadowing
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-hints at coming events
10
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Stream of Consciousness
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- thoughts and feelings recorded as they occur
- one can easily see the perceptions of the narrator
11
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Theme
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-central idea
12
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Motif
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-often repeated idea or theme that helps show the central idea of the story
13
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Plot
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-exposition, rising action, climax, falling action
14
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Denouement
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-resolution, outcome replicating thought
15
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In Medias Res
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-beginning in the middle of things
