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Chloe Dellinger Test Review
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09/21/2015

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Title
Definition
the name of a piece of literture
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Setting
Definition
the time and place of a story
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Characters  
Definition
the people,animals,or items that are in the story
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Protaginist 
Definition
the hero of the story, the one atempting to meet a certin goal. 
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Antagonist
Definition
the villan, the characture aginst the hero, the onr who tries to prevent the hero from meeting the goal.
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Dynamic
Definition
the characture who changes as a result of the conflict in the story. 
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Static
Definition
the characture who does NOT change through out the story. 
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Dialogue
Definition
the talking or coservations that occoures between two charactures in the story
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Foreshadowing
Definition
the use of clues or hints to sugjest the events that will likley occoure
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Symbilism 
Definition
when one object stands or represents an idea or another object.
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theme 
Definition
the BIG IDEA,the lesson ,the message or the moral that the author is trying to get accros
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Authors Pourpose
Definition

the reason behind the author writing this piece. there are 3 main reasons.

 

persuade

inform

entertain

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plot 
Definition

the action of the story.

 

climax

rising action

exposition

falling action

resolution 

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types of conflict 
Definition

the promblem or struggle in the story.

 

person v.s. self 

person v.s. sociaty 

person v.s. nature

person v.s. person 

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point of veiw
Definition

who is the story 

 

third person limited 

first person

third person omunist 

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tone 
Definition
the writers attitude toawerd the subject he/she is talking about. the tone can be seriouse,funny,sad,happy and ect. 
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mood
Definition
the feelings associated with the story, the author choses certin words to help diterminate the mood. the mood can be funny,happy,scary, or sad or ect. 
Term
why do we study lititure 
Definition

entertainment

knowlege

learn about our self

to learn about others 

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