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Story and poetry terms
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9th Grade
06/10/2013

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What are 5 parts of plot?
Definition
1)Introduction
2)Rising action
3)Climax
4)Falling action
5)Denouement
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What are 3 possible antagonists in a man vs. environment conflict?
Definition
1)Wild animals
2)Weather
3)Starvation
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What type of conflict is it when a character can`t make up his mind whether or not to get on the bus?
Definition
Internal (person vs.self)
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Indirect presentation is...
Definition
Through someone else
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what is a character called who has many traits?
Definition
Round
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A stereotypical character is also called...
Definition
Flat
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The main idea of a story is called what?
Definition
Theme
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When a character tells the story in his or her voice, it is what point of view?
Definition
1st person
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What is alliteration?
Definition
Repeats the first initial or sound
ex: Sincerely Silly She Sat Stubbornly
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What is onomatopoeia?
Definition
Words that represent a sound
ex: The fireworks boomed and crackled
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What is a simile?
Definition
Comparing two unlike things, by using “like” or “as”
ex: Her eyes glimmered like stars
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What is a metaphor?
Definition
Comparison using is, was, are, were (indirect)
ex: Her face is a moon
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What is personification?
Definition
Inanimate object having human qualities
ex: The sun hid its face behind the clouds
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What is symbolism?
Definition
An object or idea is itself and it. Something that represents a bigger idea
ex: Maple leaf = Canada
Dove= Peace
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What is a hyperbole?
Definition
A gross exaggeration for effect
ex: He sped at a million miles an hour to the lunch room
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What is imagery?
Definition
Using the 5 senses to create a mental picture for the reader
ex: Waking up in a warm bed i could smell the coffee perking
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Who is the Protagonist?
Definition
The main character of the story everything evolves around him/her
Term
What is the antagonist?
Definition
The main enemy to the protagonist
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What is a dynamic character?
Definition
A character who experiences change
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What is a static character?
Definition
A character who remains the same throughout the novel
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What is the climax?
Definition
The most exciting part of the story, the main thing about it
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What is the denouement?
Definition
The resolution of the story
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What is foreshadowing?
Definition
A dramatic device in which an important plot point is mentioned early in the story and is returned later in a more specific way
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What is the omniscient point of view?
Definition
The narrative mode
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What is the limited omniscient point of view?
Definition
The narrator sees into the minds of some but not all of the characters. Mostly sees only through the eyes of one character
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What is the objective point of view?
Definition
The objective point of view is when the writer tells what happens without stating more than can be inferred from the story's action and dialogue
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What is the setting?
Definition
Where the story takes place
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What is the atmosphere or mood of a story?
Definition
The atmosphere in a book is the book's tone, which is the main idea of what it is teaching you
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What is conflict?
Definition
The problem in the story
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What is a flashback?
Definition
It is when the author or film maker temporarily brings us back to an earlier time in the story to give us more information about a character's past, or to give us insight into how the characters and storyline developed
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What is a rhyme?
Definition
correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words
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What is apostrophe?
Definition
The direct address of an inanimate object, absent person, or concept
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What is a rhyme scheme?
Definition
The ordered pattern of rhymes
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What is a stanza?
Definition
Like paragraphs in normal writing, they divide one part of the poem from the next part.
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What is an oxymoron?
Definition
A figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory terms
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