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LITERAY TERMS
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7th Grade
02/04/2011

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SETTING
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a stoy, poem or play's time and place of action
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STAGE
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a place where acts, musicians, and dncers preform
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NON-FICTION
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writing that tells about real people, place and things
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SUSPENSE
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the growing tension of the reader
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SYNONYM
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its the same meani9g of a word
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FACT
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a statement that is true; can be proven 
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DRAWING CONCLUSION
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an overall opinion formed when you are finishing
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DRAMATIC IRONY
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when the audience knows more than the characters
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THEME
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a message about life or human nature that the writers shareswith the reader
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STATED THEME
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message told directly told by the author in the story
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EXPOSITORY ESSAY
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Presents or explains information or an idea.
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PERSONAL ESSAY
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Usually reflects the writer's experiences, feelings, and personality.
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PERSUASIVE ESSAY
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Attempts to convince the reader to adopt a certian view.
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INFERENCE
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Judgement based on what the reader knows and what the author tells the reader.
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CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
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a time order of events.
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SUMMARY
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a comprehensive and usually brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of previously stated facts or statements.
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CAUSE-EFFECT
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Cause-the why something happened

Effect-the result / what happened

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COMPARE-CONTRAST
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Compare-shows similarities

Contrast-shows difference

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BIAS
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A person who prefers something over another.
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PROPAGANDA
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Is a technique used to influnce people.
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ALLITERATION
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the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter
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ANECDOTE
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a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing
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SURPRISE ENDING
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ACT
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major division without play, similar to a chapter in a book
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ANTAGONIST
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A force working against the main character.
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AUTHOR'S PURPOSE
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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an account of a person's life written or otherwise recorded by that person
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BIOGRAPHY
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a written account of another person's life
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CHARACTER
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the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.
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STATIC CHARACTER
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a literary character who remains basically unchanged throughout a story
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DYNAMIC CHARACTER
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in literature or drama, a character who undergoes a permanent change in outlook or character during the story; also called [ developing character ]
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CHARACTER TRAITS
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qualities shown by a character
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CHARACTERIZATION
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a way a writer creates and develops
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CLIMAX
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the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination
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COMPARISON
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the act of comparing
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CONFLICT
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to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash
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EXTERNAL CONFLICT
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in literature, a struggle between the protagonist and another character against nature or some outside force
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INTERNAL CONFLICT
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in literature and drama, a struggle which takes place in the protagonist's mind and through which the character reaches a new understanding or dynamic change
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CONTEXT CLUES
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Bits of information from the text that, when combined with the reader's own knowledge, allow the reader to "read between the lines," figure out the meaning of the text, or determine the meaning of unknown words in the text.
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DESCRIPTION
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a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
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DIALOGUE
Definition
conversation between two or more persons.
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DRAMA
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a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character, especially one intended to be acted on the stage; a play.
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