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Literature Final Vocab
Mrs. Huang's 7th grade Literature
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Literature
7th Grade
06/02/2013

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plot
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The arrangement of dramatic incidence or the story of the play's actions
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Subtext
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The meanings beneath the text usually revealed through oral delivery of the text the meeting Benisa the text usually revealed through world delivering of the text or the actions of the person speaking the text
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Exposition
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The part of the plot that reveals what has happened before exposing scenes, characters, and previous events.
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Climax
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Culminating event of a series of events; the point of the highest dramatic tension; the turning point of an action
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Crisis
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A decisive state of things, the turning point at which something must soon terminate or suffer a material change; a crucial situation whose outcome decides which consequences will follow
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Denouement
Definition
Unknotting or unraveling of the main dramatic complication of the plot, producing the final outcome
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Foreshadowing
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An event that predicts future outcomes often through symbolic objects, actions or sayings
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Symbolism
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Investing objects with non-intrinsic meetings
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Red herring
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A term derived from the practice of carrying a smoked harring across a trail to confuse hunting dogs; later became known as something that distracts attention from the real issue
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Alibi
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A plea offered by an accused person of not having been at the scene of the crime
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Clue
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Something that appears to give info towards solving the crime
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Deduction
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Collecting the facts and drawing a potential conclusion
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Evidence
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Someone or something that proves who committed the crime
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sleuth
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An investigator or detective
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suspects
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People who appear to have a motive to have committed the crime
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witness
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A person with personal knowledge about the crime
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