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Gothic Lit Vocab Flashcards

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Narrative prose about characters and events from an author’s IMAGINATION

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Fiction

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A BRIEF narrative with carefully limited action

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Short Story

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3
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The TIME AND PLACE in which a story happens

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Setting

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4
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The SEQUENCE of related EVENTS in a story

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Plot

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A STRUGGLE between opposing forces

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Conflict

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A STRUGGLE a character faces WITH HIMSELF OR HERSELF

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Internal Conflict

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A character’s STRUGGLE against an OUTSIDE force

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External Conflict

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8
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The portion of the story that establishes BACKGROUND of characters and events

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Exposition

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Events that INTENSIFY the conflict

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Rising Action

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The HIGHEST POINT OF TENSION at which the outcome of the conflict is revealed

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Climax

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11
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Events BETWEEN the climax and the resolution

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Falling Action

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12
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Any remaining issues are RESOLVED and the story ends

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Resolution

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13
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The narrator is ONE OF the characters

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First Person Point of View

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The narrator is ALL KNOWING about the thoughts and feelings of the characters

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Third Person Omniscient Point of View

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The NARRATOR’s knowledge is RESTRICTED

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Third Person Limited Point of View

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The underlying MEANING OR INSIGHT that an author conveys in a story (the “take-away”)

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Theme

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Expresses an author’s ATTITUDE toward the subject

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Tone

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The FEELING that the writer creates in the reader of a story

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Mood

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The MAIN CHARACTER in a literary work

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Protagonist

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The character or force IN CONFLICT WITH the main character

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Antagonist

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DOES NOT CHANGE throughout the story

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Static Character

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DEVELOPS AND GROWS through the course of the story

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Dynamic Character

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A character, place, thing, or event that has MEANING IN ITSELF, but STANDS FOR SOMETHING ELSE (often an abstract idea)

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Symbol

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The use of a person, place, object, or event to REPRESENT SOMETHING ELSE

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Symbolism

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Literary technique that portrays DIFFERENCES between appearance and reality, or expectation and result

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Irony

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The CONTRADICTION between what a CHARACTER thinks / knows / believes and what the AUDIENCE knows to be true

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Dramatic Irony

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WORDS / SPEECH used to suggest the OPPOSITE of what is meant

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Verbal Irony

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An EVENT that directly CONTRADICTS the EXPECTATIONS of the characters, readers, or audience

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Situational Irony

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Details in a work that hint at UPCOMING events

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Foreshadowing

30
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Interruption in the plot sequence to describe an action in the PAST

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Flashback

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