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8th Grade
08/28/2007

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myth
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A myth is a fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or heroes or the origins of elements of nature.Myths are part of the oral tradition.They are compose orally and then passed from generation to generation by word of mouth.Every acient culture has its own mythology, or collection of myths.Greek and Roman myths are known as collectively as classical mythology
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narrator
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A narrator is a speaker or a character who tells a story.The narrator's perspective is the way he or she sees things.A third-person narrator is one who stands outside the action and speaks back.A first-person narrator is one who tells a story and participates in its action.
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nonfiction
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Nonfiction is prose writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, objects, or events. Autobiographies, biographies,essays,reports,letters,memos, and newspaper articles are all types of nonfiction
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moral
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of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior
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novella
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A fiction work that is longer than a short story but shorter than a novel.
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motive
Definition
something (as a need or desire) that causes a person to act
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Novel
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A novel is a long work of fiction. Novels contain such elemants as characters,plot,conflict,and setting.The writer of novels, or novelist, develops these elements.In addition to its main plot,a novel may contain one or more subplots,or independent,related stories.A novel may also have several themes. See Fiction and Short Story.
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Onomatopoeia
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Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate sounds. Crash, buzz, screech ect. Onomatopoeia can help put the reader in the activity of a poem.
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novel
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A novel is a long work of fiction. Novels contain such elements as characteristics, plot, conflict, and setting. The writer of novels or novelists develops these elements. In addition to its main plot. A novel may contain one or more subplots, or independent, related stories. A novel may also have several themes.
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personification
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personification is a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human charactoristics.
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