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Literary Terms
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Literature
7th Grade
03/26/2009

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antagonist
Definition
a force working against a main character
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act
Definition
major section of a play
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author's purpose
Definition
The reason an author creates a particular piece of writing
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auto-biography
Definition
The story of a life that is by that person
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biography
Definition
the story of someones life by someone else
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cause and effect
Definition
two events that are related as cause and effect when one event brings about the other.
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character
Definition
a person or creature in a story
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character traits
Definition
a respectable characters actions and personality
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character traits
Definition
a respectable characters actions and personality
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characterization
Definition
techniques that writers use to create and develop characters
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chronological order
Definition
time order in which events occur
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climax
Definition
the turning point in a story
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fart
Definition
a smelly gas
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conflict
Definition
a struggle between forces
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exposition
Definition
Introduces setting, time, and characters
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external conflict
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a character that has faces challenges from an outside force
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internal conflict
Definition
conflict within the character
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context clues
Definition
clues to finding out something within the text
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essay
Definition
short piece of writing on a single subject
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essay
Definition
short piece of writing on a single subject
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alliteration
Definition
repitition of a single sound at the begining of a word
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anecdote
Definition
a short story about a person or an event
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static character
Definition
character that changes very little
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dynamic character
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character that changes a lot
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comparison
Definition
things that two things have in common
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context clues
Definition
clues that point out things in a story
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Junk in da trunk
Definition
multiple meaning word. Big butt or extreme frustration
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