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Literary terms
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Literature
7th Grade
05/11/2007

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Act
Definition
An act is a major section of a play.
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Alliteration
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Alliteration is a repetition of a sound or letter of the beginning of words.
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Anecdote
Definition
An anecdote is a short, entertaining account about a person or event.
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Antagonist
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In the story, an antagonist is a force working against the protagonist, or main character; an antagonist can be another character, society, or a force within the main character.
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author purpose
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An authors' purose is his or her reason for creating a particular work.
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author purpose
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An authors' purose is his or her reason for creating a particular work.
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autobiography
Definition
An autobiography is a form of nonfiction in which a person tells the story of his or her own life
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biography
Definition
a biographyis the story of a person's life, written by someone else.
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cause and effect
Definition
two events are related as cause and effect when one event brings about the other.
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character
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a character is a person, an animal, or an imaginary creature that takes part in the action of a literary work.
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static character
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a character that changes little.
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dynamic character
Definition
characters who change significantly.
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characterization
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Characterization includes all the techniques writers use to create and develop characters.
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character traits
Definition
are those aspects of a character's
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chronological order
Definition
the order in which events happen in time
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