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gracie bray
tools of the trade review
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Language - English
7th Grade
09/21/2015

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  title

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the name of a piece of literature

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setting

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the time and place of a story

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charectors

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the people, animals, or items that are in the story

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protagonist
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the hero of the story; the one attempting to meet a certain goal
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antagonist
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the villian, the charector against the hero, the one who tries to prevent the hero from meeting the goal
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dynamic charector

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the charector who changes as a result to the conflict

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static charector

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the charsctor who does NOT change 
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dialogue

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the talking/conversations that occur between charectors

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foreshadowing

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the use of hints of clues to suggest the events that will likely occur

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symbolism

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when one object stands for or represents an idea or another object

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why do we study literature

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1. for entertainment

2. for knowledge

3. to learn about others

4. to learn about ouselves

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theme

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the Big Idea, the lesson,message,or moral that the author is trying to get across

  1. to persuade
  2. to inform 
  3. to entertain
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author's purpose

 

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the reason behind the author writing

 

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plot

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the action of the story. it can be maped out on a plotline. a plotline has 5 parts

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conflict
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the problens or struggle in a story
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  point of view

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who is telling the story

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 tone

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writers attitude toward subjest they're writing about

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tone

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writers attitude toward subject they're writing about

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mood

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feeking associated with story,author chooses words or phrases to help determine mood

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