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Literature
7th Grade
05/22/2013

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Antagonist
Definition
A force working against the protagonist.
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Atmosphere
Definition
A special mood or characteristics associated with a place.
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Bandwagon
Definition
To join or support to a party or movement that seem to be assured of success.
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Bias
Definition
To favorite one thing or topic.
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Cause and Effect
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Cause is the reason of the outcome(effect).
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Character
Definition
The person, animal, or imaginary creature taking place in the book.
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Character Traits
Definition
The qualities shown by the character.
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Characterization
Definition
The way a writer recreates and develops characters.
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Chronological Order
Definition
The order in which things happen.
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Climax
Definition
The point of the most interesting part in a story or play.
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Conflict
Definition
A struggle between opposing forces.
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External Conflict
Definition
A character who struggles against a force outside him.
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Internal Conflict
Definition
A conflict that occurs within a character.
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Dialogue
Definition
A written conversation between two or more characters.
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Exposition
Definition
The first stage of a typical story plot.
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Fiction
Definition
Writing that deals with imaginary elements.
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First-Person Point of View
Definition
When the narrator is a character in the story.
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Flashback
Definition
An interruption of the action to present events that took place at an earlier time.
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Foreshadow
Definition
When a writer provides hints that suggest future events.
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Irony
Definition
A contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happened.
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Limited Point of View (3rd Person)
Definition
In which one does not consider all factors involved in arriving at an unbiased point of view.
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Motivation
Definition
The reasons for a character's behaviors.
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Non-Fiction
Definition
Writing that tells about real people, places, or events.
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Omniscient Point of View (3rd Person)
Definition
When the teller is all-knowing.
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Plot
Definition
The series of events in a story.
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Point of View
Definition
Referring to how a writer chooses to narrate a story.
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Propaganda
Definition
To be biased or play favoritism.
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Protagonist
Definition
The main character in a story, play, or novel.
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Resolution
Definition
When the conflict is resolved.
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Rising Action
Definition
The stage of plat that develops the conflict or struggle.
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Setting
Definition
The time and place of the story.
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Stereotype
Definition
A character defined by a single trait.
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Symbol
Definition
A person, place, an object, or an activity that stands for something beyond itself.
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Theme
Definition
A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the teachers.
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Third-Person Point of View
Definition
When the narrator is not in the story.
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Stated Theme
Definition
A theme that is directly expressed by the narrator or a character.
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Implied Theme
Definition
A theme that is indirectly expressed stated through the character and background information.
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Adventure Fiction
Definition
A genre of fiction in which an adventure, an exciting undertaking involving risk and physical danger, forms the main storyline.
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Classic
Definition
A genre of fiction passed down from generations.
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Fantasy
Definition
A genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary plot element, theme, or setting.
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Historical Fiction
Definition
A genre of fiction that tells a story that is set in the past.
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Humorous
Definition
A genre of fiction that contains humor.
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Horror
Definition
A genre of fiction that is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, scare or startle viewers/readers by inducing feelings of horror and terror.
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Mystery
Definition
A genre of fiction that usually is full of irony and unexpected.
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Science Fiction
Definition
A genre of fiction with imaginative but more or less plausible content such as settings in the future, futuristic science and technology, space travel, parallel universes, aliens, and paranormal abilities.
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Autobiography
Definition
A self-written account of the life of a person.
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Biography
Definition
A detailed description or account of a person's life.
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Informational
Definition
A non-fiction that tells about something that actually happened.
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Non-Fiction Narrative
Definition
A genre of non-fiction writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives.
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