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Semeter 1 Final Review
Short Story and Non-fiction terms
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English
9th Grade
12/13/2012

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Protagonist
Definition
main character in fiction or drama, usually hero
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Flashback
Definition
Scene in a movie, play, short story,novel, or narritive poem that interperts the present action of the plot to flash backward and tell what happened at an earlier time
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situational irony
Definition
occurs when there is a contrast between what would seem appropriate and what really happens
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mood
Definition
a story atmosphere or the feeling it evokes
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tone
Definition
attitude a writer takes toward a subject, a character, or the audience
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setting 
Definition
the time or place of a story or play
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symbol
Definition
person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well
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theme
Definition
central idea of a work of liturature (lesson, message, or meaning)
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