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Lit-Term Words
54 word a 9th grader must know.
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English
9th Grade
05/16/2010

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Dialogue
Definition
Conversation between two or more people.
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Dynamic Character
Definition
A character who changes.
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Flat Character
Definition
A character not well developed.
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Round Character
Definition
A character that is well developed
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Astatic Character
Definition
A character that doesn't change.
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1st Person Narrator
Definition
Tells his/her story or the supporting characters story
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3rd Person Narrator
Definition
A character outside of the story.
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Limited Narrator
Definition
Sees the world through one characters eyes and knows nothing beyond.
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Omniscient Narrator
Definition
Knows everything about everything.
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Protaginist
Definition
The main character in the story.
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Antaginist
Definition
The character that protest the protaginist.
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Monologue
Definition
A long speech to one or more characters on stage.
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Soliloquy
Definition
A speech by a character who is alone on stage speaking to oneself.
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External Conflict
Definition
A problem between two outside forces.
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Internal Conflict
Definition
Conflict in a characters mind.
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Sonnet
Definition
a 14 line poem
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Characterization
Definition
Creation and development of a character.
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Flashback
Definition
An inturruption in a story that referres to something earlier.
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Narrator
Definition
The person telling the story.
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Character
Definition
Is a person in the story.
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Plot
Definition
The events that occur in a story.
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Theme
Definition
The central message of the story.
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Mood
Definition
How the story make you feel.
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Tone
Definition
The writers attitude towards the story.
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Climax
Definition
The high point of interest in a story.
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Conflict
Definition
A struggle between two forces.
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Foreshadow
Definition
Clues that suggest events that may occur.
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Rhyme
Definition
A repetition of similar sounds in two or more words.
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Symbol
Definition
Something used to represent something else.
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Hero
Definition
A character who's actions are inspiring or noble.
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Hyperbole
Definition
An extreme exageration.
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Metaphor
Definition
A direct comparison that doesn't use "like" or "as."
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Simile
Definition
A direct comparison using "like" or "as."
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Connotation
Definition
What you think the definition is.
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Denotation
Definition
The dictionary definition of a word.
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Setting
Definition
When and where the story takes place.
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Alliteration
Definition
Repition of initial consonits.
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Allusion
Definition
A reference to a well known place, event, or literary work.
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Assonance
Definition
The repition of vowel sound.
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Archetype
Definition
A stereotype of liturature.
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Stereotype
Definition
A fixed, usually prejudicial idea about a group
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Advertisement
Definition
A payed announcement for goods or services.
Term
Atlas
Definition
A book of maps.
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Encylopedia
Definition
A set of books that give refference to a wide range of subjects.
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Periodical
Definition
Something that comes out at a set time.
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Almanac
Definition
An annual pubication that contain sitatical information.
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Critque
Definition
A review
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Dramatic Irony
Definition
The audience knows something the character doesn't.
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Situational Irony
Definition
Character expects one thing and another happens.
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Verbal Irony
Definition
Character says one thing and means another.
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
When words are used to imitate sounds.
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Farce
Definition
Classical comedy
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Inference
Definition
To  draw a conclusion.
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Personification
Definition
Giving non-human objects, human characteristics.
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