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Semester 1 English
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9th Grade
12/16/2012

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setting
Definition
time,place,physical details,and circumstances in which a situation occurs
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locale
Definition
place where a particular event in the story takes place
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regionalism
Definition
literature that seeks to portray or is associated with a specific region or people
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plot
Definition
series of events that constitute structure of a story
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Dramatic situation
Definition
any situation in a story that has lots of conflict
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Complication
Definition
any situation in a story that has lots of conflict
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Protagonist
Definition
main character in story, around whom the central conflict revolves
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antagonist
Definition
character who is set against main character
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Foreshadowing
Definition
use of hints or clues to suggest what action is to come
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Crisis
Definition
point of great tension in which character faces moral dilemma, and that point determines how story will end
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Climax
Definition
point where central conflict shifts or is resolved
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Denouement
Definition
falling action after climax
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Flashback
Definition
method of narration in which present action's temporarily interrupted
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In media res
Definition
narrative that begins somewhere in middle of plot, usually at crucial point of action
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Tone
Definition
attitude of mood of a word, phrase sentence,paragraph or story
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Diction
Definition
Choice of particular word over another word
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Minimalism
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Writing characterized by an economy with words, and a lack of unnecessary adverbs and adjectives
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Round
Definition
character who goes through internal change and has complexity
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Flat
Definition
character who doesn't go through internal change and isn't complex
Opposite of round
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Dynamic
Definition
Character who goes through change
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Static
Definition
opposite of dynamic
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Antihero
Definition
character who doesn't have all the normal attributes we associate with a hero, however will perform heroic acts or deeds
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Stock
Definition
type of character
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Narrator
Definition
person or voice who tells the story
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1st Person POV
Definition
I,me
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2nd Person POV
Definition
You
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3rd Person POV
Definition
He,she,they
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Total Omniscience
Definition
narrator can see and know all
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Limited Omniscience
Definition
narrator is limited in his or her ability to see certain things
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Editorial Omniscience
Definition
when narrator makes moral judgements about a character or characters
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Objective Narrator
Definition
character who tells facts, but doesn't make moral judgements
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Unreliable Narrator
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narrator who can't be trusted t tell truth
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Innocent Narrator
Definition
child like and naive narrator
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impertinent
Definition
not showing proper respect
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Impede
Definition
to delay or prevent (someone or something) by abstructing them
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Iridescent
Definition
showing color that seems to change when seen from different angles
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Zeal
Definition
great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an object
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Decrepit
Definition
elderly and infirm
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Befuddle
Definition
to make (someone) unable to think clearly
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Diviner
Definition
a person who practices divination or a person who divines (uses a g-d or holy power to find the location of water)
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Magnanimous
Definition
very generous or forgiving
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Lament
Definition
a passionate expression of grief or sorrow
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Flounce
Definition
to move in an angry manner
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Monotonous
Definition
dull, tedious, & repetitious;
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Paralytic
Definition
relating to peralasis
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Provisions
Definition
the action of providing or supplying something for use
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Haughty
Definition
arrogantly supieor
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