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9th Grade
01/10/2012

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Specific
Definition
explicit, particular, or definite: please be more specific
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details
Definition
facts mentioned one by one; specified information
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Theme
Definition
a broad idea, message, or moral of a story. The message may be about life, society, or human nature.
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Objective
Definition
not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased: an opinion
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Subjective
Definition
existing in the mind
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Summary
Definition
a brief restatement of main points
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Point of view
Definition
the position of the narrator in relation to the story, as indicated by the narrator's outlook from which the events are depicted and by the attitude toward the characters
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Genre
Definition
a distinctive literary type
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Topic
Definition
the subject of a piece of writing
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Universal theme
Definition
something that is timeless, and that all people can relate to; for instance, free will vs. fate, good vs. evil.
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folk tales
Definition
A story or legend forming part of an oral tradition like Johnny Appleseed or the Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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science fiction
Definition
Stories with speculative scientific discoveries or developments, environmental changes, space travel, or life on other planets, forms part of the plot or background.
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historical fiction
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a story that takes place during a notable period in history, and usually during a significant event in that period; often presents actual events from the point of view of fictional people living in an important time period.
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realistic fiction
Definition
when literature resembles real life (without fantastic elements)
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autobiography
Definition
something someone writes about his or her own experience
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biography
Definition
something someone writes about someone else's experiences
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mythology
Definition
A traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes with fantastic powers
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fable
Definition
A usually short narrative making a point about how to live; often using animals as characters that speak and act like humans.
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prose
Definition
ordinary speech or writing, without metrical structure or rhyme
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poetry
Definition
piece of literature written in meter; verse
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fiction
Definition
literary work produced by the imagination
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non-fiction
Definition
the form of any story or writing whose descriptions are understood to be fact.
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drama
Definition
a work intended to be read aloud or memorized and performed in front of an audience
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narrative
Definition
a story
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persuasive writing
Definition
an argument, in which the writer uses words to convince the reader of a writer’s view(s) regarding an issue
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expository
Definition
writing that attempts to explain a subject using details
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author's purpose
Definition
the reason an author writes something
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dynamic (complex) character
Definition
A character who shows different sides
and changes as a result of what happens in the story
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narrator
Definition
the person who tells a story
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synecdoche
Definition
A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword)
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metonym
Definition
figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated, as in the use of Washington for the United States government or of the sword for military power
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