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| the name of a piece of literature |
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| the time and place of a story |
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| the people, animals or items |
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the hero of the story, the one
attemping to meet a certain
goal |
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the villian, the character against the hero, the one
who tries to prevent the hero from the metting
the goal |
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the character who changes as a result
of the conflict in the story |
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the character who does NOT change throughout
the story |
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the talking of the conversations that occurs
between characters in the story |
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the use of hints of clues to suggest the
events that will likely occur |
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when one object stands for or represents
an idea or another object |
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the BIG IDEA, the lesson, message or moral that
the author is trying to get across |
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the reason behind the author writing this piece. There
are 3 main reasons |
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the action of the story. The action can be mapped
out on a plotline. A plotline has 5 parts.
Climax
Rising Action
Falling Action
Expostion
Resolution |
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problem or struggle
Person vs. Society
Person vs. Person
Person vs. Self
Person vs. Nature |
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who is telling the story, the narrator
Third Person Omniscient
Third Person Limited
First Person |
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| author's attitude about the subject they are writing |
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| feelings with the story the author chooses |
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| Why do we study literature? |
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Entertainment
Knowledge
Learn about ourselves
learn about others |
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