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09/21/2015

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Term
Title 
Definition
The name of the piece of literature.
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Setting
Definition
The time and place of a story.
Term
Characters
Definition
The people,animals or items.
Term
Protaginist 
Definition
The hero of the story,the one attempting to meet a certain goal.
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Antagonist
Definition
The villain, the character against the hero,the one who tries to prevent the hero from metting the goal.
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Dynamic 
Definition
The character who changes as a result of the conflict in the story.
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Static
Definition
THe character who changes as a
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Dialoge
Definition
The talking of the conversations that occurs between charcters in the story.
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Foreshadowing
Definition
The use of hints or clues to suggest the events that will likely occur.
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Symbolism
Definition
When on object stands for or represents an idea or another object.
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Theme
Definition
The BIG IDEA, the lesson message or moral that the author is trying to get across.
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Authors purpose 
Definition
The reason behind the author writing this piece. There are 3 main resons.
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Plot Stucture
Definition

The action of the story.

- climax

- rising action

- falling action

- exposition

- resolution

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Conflit
Definition

The promble or stuggle in the story.

- person v.s. person

- peron v.s. slef

- person v.s. socitey

- person v.s nature

 

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Point of view
Definition

Who is telling the story. 

- third person limited

- third person omniscient

- first person

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Tone
Definition
The writters attiude toawerd the subject he/she is talking about. The tone can be serious,sarcastic, funny, ect.
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Mood
Definition
The feelings associated with the story, the author choses certin words and phases to help determind the mood. The mood can be funny, scary, happy, ect.
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Why do we study literature
Definition

- entertainment 

- knowlege

- to learn about others

- to learn about our selfs

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