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Literary Terms and Short Story
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Literature
9th Grade
11/05/2008

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novel, short story, poem, play or drama
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types of fiction
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fiction
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writings that tell about people & events that have been made up by an author
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exposition, conflict, climax, denoument
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4 parts of plot
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internal- man vs. man
external- person vs. person
person vs. society
person vs. nature
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types of conflict
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first person
3rd person limited- he or she
3rd person omniscient- all characters
3rd person objective- looking at the action as an outside observer
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different points of view
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diction
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word choice, vocabulary
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tone
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tone
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physical appearance, speech, actions/interactions, thoughts
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how does an author create a character?
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static
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character that stays the same
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dynamic
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character that changes
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flat character
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a character that is one dimensional; not fully dimensional
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round/full
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usually the main character in a story, developed fully
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symbol
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character that functions as a symbol
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verbal-saying the opposite of the truth, situational-opposite of what was expected or intended to happen,
and dramatic- when the audience or reader knows something the character doesn't know
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types of irony
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personal and natural
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2 types of symbols
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word choice, how author writes, sentence structure and length, and use of literary devices
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style
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fighter pilot, doctor, defendant, pilot, man before firing squad
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things walter mitty was in his daydreams
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dreams vs. reality; man vs. wife
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conflicts in walter mitty
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pursue your dreams and live your life.
sometimes we all have to escape reality.
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themes of walter mitty
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-have to get away with it
-they have to know it was you
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2 characteristics of good revenge
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tuberculosis
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how did edgar allan poe's mother die?
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what school did Poe go to?
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University of Virginia
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southern literary messenger
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name of the newspapar poe was in charge of in richmond
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was singing, coughed up blood - tuberculosis
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how did virginia clem (poe's wife) get sick?
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maryland
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where was poe found dead?
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first person narrative
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P.O.V. of the scarlet ibis
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who was the narrator's brother?
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Doodle *William Armstrong*
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coastal north carolina in 1912-1918
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setting of the scarlet ibis (time & date)
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doodle vs. narrator
narrator wrestles with guilt
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conflicts
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scarlet ibis- connection with doodle to the bird
both rare, special, vulnerable, unique
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symbolism
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paris 1800s
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setting of the necklace
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monsieur and mathilde loisel
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characters in the necklace
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mathilde's values
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what is the necklace a symbol of?
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put yourself in someone elses shoes
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theme of the most dangerous game
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rainsford & zaroff
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conflicts in the most dangerous game
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hides in tree
malay man catcher
digs burmese tiger pit
uganden knife trap
jumps in water
Definition
rainsford's tricks to evade zaroff
Term
NYC 20th century

jim & della
Definition
setting & characters of the gift of the magi
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