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Bj Gresham
tools of all trade review
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Language - English
7th Grade
09/21/2015

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title
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the name of a piece of literature
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setting
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the time and place of a story
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characters
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the people animals or items that are in the story
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protagonist
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the hero of the story the one attempting to meet a certain goal
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antagonist
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the villian the character aginst the hero the one who tries to prevent the hero from meeting the goal
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dynamic
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the charater who changes as a result of the conflict in the story
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static
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the character who does not change throughout the story
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dialogue
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the talking or the conversation that occurs between characters in the story
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foreshadowing
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the use of hints of clues to suggest the events that will likely occur
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symblism
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when one object stands for or represents an idea or another object
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theme
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the BIG IDEA the lesson message or moral that the author is trying to get across
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authors propose
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the reason behind the authors writing this piece , to persuade ,to inform ,to entertain
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plot
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exposition ,rising action ,climax , falling action resolution
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conflict
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person vs society , person vs self ,person vs person , person vs nature
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point of view
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where the author mood
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tone
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how the characters talk
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mood
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overall feeling of a story
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why do we study literature
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so we can learn how to do things properly
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