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Literary Terms for Kuhlman
Literary terms
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8th Grade
10/15/2014
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Prose
 Definition
Natural flow of speech
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Fiction
 Definition
not true story
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Nonfiction
 Definition
True story
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Fantasy
 Definition
Unreal world
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Science fiction
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Science fact for fiction 

 
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Biography
 Definition
Persons life-written from someone else
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Autobiography
 Definition

Persons life 

self written 
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Short story
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Brief story
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Narrative
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A story
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Narrator
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A story
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Plot
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Arrangement
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5 Plot Steps 

 

 Definition

exposition-introduction 

rising action

climax-turning point 

falling action 

resolution 
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Point of view
 Definition
Perspective through which a story is told
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1st person point if view
 Definition
Charactor in the story  telling the story
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3rd person limited
 Definition
Outsider in mind of one person
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3rd objective
 Definition
Outsider who reports only what sees and hears
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3rd person ombiscient
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All knowing outsider
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Conflict
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Struggle
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4 conflicta
 Definition

Man vs. Man

Man vs. Nature 

Man vs. Self

Man vs. Society 
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genre
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Classification
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Antology
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Collection of literary works
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Characterization
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Technique if showing what a charactor is like
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Charators
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People, animals, and strange beings
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Protagonist
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Main charactor (not always good)
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Antagonist
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Against main charactor
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Dynamic charactor
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Changes!
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static character
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Stays the same
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Round charactor
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Fully developed
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Flat charactor
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One sided
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Stereotyped
 Definition

Group people that act the same

 
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Motivation
 Definition
Reason for behavior
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Dialogue
 Definition
Conversation
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Setting
 Definition
Place and time
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