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Weekly Lit Vocab
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Literature
7th Grade
02/12/2013
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Character
 Definition
Person in story
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Dynamic Character
 Definition
Character who changes
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Static Character
 Definition
Character who does not change
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Round Character
 Definition
Character with many sides
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Flat Character
 Definition
One-sided character
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Conflict
 Definition
Problem in the story
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Person vs Person
 Definition
Problem of two characters
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Person vs Self
 Definition
Problem of the mind
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Person vs Society
 Definition
Problem of society
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Person vs Nature
 Definition
Problem of nature
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Exposition
 Definition
Beginning of story
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Rising Action
 Definition
Part of the story where conflict is introducted
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Climax
 Definition
High point of the story
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Falling Action
 Definition
Part of the story where the plot or conflict is explained
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Resolution
 Definition
End of the story
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Narrator
 Definition
Teller of the story
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Protagonist
 Definition
Main Character
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Antagonist
 Definition
Character opposing main character
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Dialogue
 Definition
Conversation in the story
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Setting
 Definition
Time and Place of Story
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Style
 Definition
Way the writer uses language
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Theme
 Definition
Main idea of story
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Tone
 Definition
Writer's attitude
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Mood
 Definition
Feeling created in reader
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Moral
 Definition
Lesson of story
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Style
 Definition
The way an author writes
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Theme
 Definition
Main idea of story
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Tone
 Definition
The way an author feels about the story
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Mood
 Definition
The way a reader feels about a story
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Moral
 Definition
Lesson of a story
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Alliteration
 Definition
Words that begin with the same letter
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Allusion
 Definition
Reference to a book or movie
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Dialect
 Definition
Speech accent
Term
Flashback
 Definition
Reference to the past
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Foreshadow
 Definition
Clue to the future
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Imagery
 Definition
Pictures in your mind
Term
Irony
 Definition
NOT what you expect
Term
Onomatopoeia
 Definition
Sounds written as words
Term
Simile
 Definition
Comparision using "like"
Term
Metaphor
 Definition
Comparison without the word "like"
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Autobiography
 Definition
Story about yourself
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Biography
 Definition
Story about someone else
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Comedy
 Definition
Humorous story
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Drama
 Definition
Serious story
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Essay
 Definition
Written composition
Term
Table of Contents
 Definition
List of items in book
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Glossary
 Definition
Dictionary
Term
Atlas
 Definition
Maps
Term
Appendix
 Definition
Alphabetical list of extras
Term
Index
 Definition
Alphabetical list of contents
Term
Predict
 Definition
Guess what will happen next
Term
Compare
 Definition
Tell how things are alike
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Contrast
 Definition
Tell how things are different
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Visualize
 Definition
See images in your head
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Summarize
 Definition
Explain briefly
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Evaluate
 Definition
Judge quality
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