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literary terms
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English
9th Grade
12/15/2008

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Plot
Definition
the sequence of related events that make up a story
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irony of situation
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when the writter shows a difference between the expected result of some result
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Setting
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the time and place in which the events take place
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Character
Definition
persons, or animals or natural forces represented as persons in a work of literature
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static
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a character that stays the same throughout the story
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Dynamic
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a character that undergoes changes in personality or attitude
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flat
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a character that has only one dimension "side" sometimes they are a person
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round
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a character that has many sides to his/her personality
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point of view
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the vantage point from which a story is told
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omniscient
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the teller of the story, can take us into the minds of all characters
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third person
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the writter tells the story from the vantage point of the main character in the story
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first person
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an "I" tells the story, our preception of other characters comes from this peron's view
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theme
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the main idea or central insight that the story gives us about human life
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symbol
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something in the story which maintains its own meaning while at the same time standing for something else
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irony
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a contrast or difference between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually happens
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verbal irony
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when the writter says one thing but means something entirely different
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dramatic irony
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when the reader audience knows something that a character does not
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