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9th Grade
08/28/2013

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PLOT
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Plot is the beginning, middle and end of a novel;the story line.
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POINT OF VIEW
Definition
The perspective from which the story is told.
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UNRELIABLE NARRATOR
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A narrator that cannot accurately tell the story for various reasons presented in the story.
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FIRST PERSON NARRATOR
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When the narrator tells the story from his/her point of view;uses "I", "Me", etc.
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THIRD PERSON
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When the story is told from an outside perspective;uses "he, "her", etc.
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OBJECTIVE
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The purpose of a line, plot or theme.
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OMNISCIENT
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A perspective that switches between many characters, and discusses their thoughts, feelings, etc.
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LIMITED OMNISCIENT
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A point of view which the narrator sees into the minds of some, but not all the characters. Most typically this perspective sees through the eyes of one major or minor character.
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CHARACTERIZATION
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The traits and personalities of characters.
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PROTAGONIST
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The main character of the book, often considered the hero to admirable traits.
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ATAGONIST
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The opposition to the protagonist, often considered the villain.
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FLAT CHARACTER
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A character who is one-sided, and accentuates one aspect of a person.
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ROUND CHARACTER
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A character who is multi-sided, and has many differing traits that reflect the nature of an actual human.
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STATIC CHARACTER
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A character who does not change throughout the story.
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DYNAMIC CHARACTER
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A character who goes through a change during the course of the story.
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STEREOTYPE
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A generalized trait that applies to one particular race, religion, nationality, etc.
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STOCK CHARACTER
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A certain type of character that often appears in literature; examples would include the "underdog", the "wise old man," of the "mad scientist."
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FOIL
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A character that serves as a direct contrast to another character; meant to emphasize a particular trait in that second character.
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SETTING
Definition
The time and place where the story takes place.
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MOOD
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The atmosphere that the story creates, often created by particular word choice.
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TONE
Definition
The style of narration in which the story is told.
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SYMBOLISM
Definition
When a physical aspect of a novel represents an abstract idea.
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THEME
Definition
The message or moral that the story conveys.
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ALLUSION
Definition
When something in a work of literature directly refers to something in another place.
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TRAGEDY
Definition
A type of story in which the ending is sad.
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TRAGIC HERO
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The protagonist of a tragedy, who often fails because of their tragic flaw.
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TRAGIC FLAW
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A certain trait in a tragic hero that results in their failure.
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EPIC HERO
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The hero of an epic who conveys admirable and desirable traits, such as bravery or strength.
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SATIRE
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A piece of literature that mocks or provides commentary on society and modern culture.
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FORESHADOWING
Definition
Something in literature that alludes to something that will occur later in the story.
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IRONY
Definition
Verbal, situational, and dramatic; when something unexpected occurs in the piece of literature.
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DRAMATIC IRONY
Definition
Irony that is known only bu the audience, but not to some or all characters on stage.
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SITUATIONAL IRONY
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Irony that you believe will turn out one way yet the outcome is completely different or the opposite.
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VERBAL IRONY
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Irony that a person says one thing, but means another-sarcasm.
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Definition
Language that uses many figures of speeches such as metaphors or similes.
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SIMILE
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A figure of speech which compares two things using the words "like" or "as".
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METAPHOR
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A figure of speech in which a term of phase is applied to something to which is not literally applicable in order to show a resemblance to another object.
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ALLITERATION
Definition
Two or more words of a group with the same consonant letter or phonetic sound.
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ASSONANCE
Definition
Two or more words of a word group with the same vowel letter or phonetic sound.
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HYPERBOLE
Definition
A exaggeration of something-there must have been at least.
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ONOMATOPOEIA
Definition
The sound of the word is the actual meaning, such as BOOM! or WOOF!
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SOLILOQUY
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A long monologue in which a person or character is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any other people present (in Macbeth it is used to show us his innermost thoughts.
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