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Language - English
7th Grade
09/02/2015

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antagonist
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a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.
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autobiography
Definition
an account of a person's life written by that person.
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biography
Definition
a story about somebody or something
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character
Definition
a person who plays a part in the story
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characterization
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the traits or the personality of a character
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chronological order
Definition
the arrangement of things following one after another in time:
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climax
Definition
the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination
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conflict
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a problem
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external conflict
Definition
a problem that is around/ outside the character
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internal conflict
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a problem with or inside of the character
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development
Definition
the act or process of developing; growth; progress:
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dialect
Definition
particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
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dialogue
Definition
a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people, and a literary and theatrical form that depicts such an exchange.
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drama
Definition
a play, movie, television show, or radio show that is about a serious subject and is not meant to make the audience laugh
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fiction
Definition
fake writing something not realistic or real
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flashback
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the looking back at something that happend in the past
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foreshadowing
Definition
looking into the future
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inciting incident
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is the event or decision that begins a story's problem
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irony
Definition
expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
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literal
Definition
taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory
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main idea
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the most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about
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mood or atmosphere
Definition
the feelings or the mood of the reader
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narrator
Definition
the person who tells the story
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non-fiction
Definition
not fake/ real story about a real thing
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