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Literature Semester Exam
Literature Semester Exam
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Literature
9th Grade
12/15/2014

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Setting
Definition
Time and place of a story.
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Theme
Definition
A story's main message.
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Symbol
Definition
A thing that represents or stands for something other than what it is.
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Mood
Definition
Atmosphere or feeling of a story.
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Point of View
Definition

Prespective from which the story is told.

1st Person- I

3rd Person Limited- Narrator gives little of their opinion.

3rd Person Omniscient- Don't know anything about narrator.

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Plot
Definition
Sequence of events in a story that follow a logical order.
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Conflict
Definition

Struggle between two opposing forces.

External: Man vs. Man, group, nature, supernatural.

Internal: Man vs. Self

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Inference
Definition
Conclusions that cn be drawn from events or characters in a story.
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Narrator
Definition
Person who tells the story.
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Unreliable Narrator
Definition
Person whom the audience cannot trust.
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Characterization
Definition
Process by which characters are developed.
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Major Character
Definition
Important to the plot.
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Minor Character
Definition
Not important to the plot (story would be the same w/o them).
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Flat Character
Definition
Does not change throughout the story.
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Round Character
Definition
Develops or changes throughout the story.
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Dialogue
Definition
Conversation in the story.
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Dialect
Definition
A special form of speech that belongs to a specific group, region, or area.
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Personification
Definition
Giving non-human thing humanlike characteristics. Example "Tree limbs waved like a hand"
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Flashback
Definition
A scene that breaks the normal time order of the plot to show an event from the past.
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Motivation
Definition
A feeling, goal, or idea that causes a character to act a certain way.
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Foreshadowing
Definition
Author's hints about what will happen in a story.
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Genre
Definition
Type or category of literature.
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Protagonist
Definition
Main character (hero)
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Antagonist
Definition
Contrasting opposing character.
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Dynamic Character
Definition
Character who changes throughout the story.
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Static Character
Definition
Character who does NOT change throughout the story.
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Irony
Definition
Contrast between reality and what seems to be real.
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Verbal Irony
Definition
When a person says one thing but means another.
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Situational Irony
Definition
Outcome of a situation is the opposite of what is expected.
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Dramatic Irony
Definition
When the audience has important information that characters in a literary work do not have.
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Expostion
Definition
1. Setting (time/place) mood, point-of-view, background imformation.
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Inciting Incident
Definition
2. The first main event that puts the story into motion.
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Rising Action
Definition
3. The points leading up to the climax, suspense builds.
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Climax
Definition
4. The highest point of interest in a story.
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Falling Action
Definition
5. The events following the climax (questions answered)
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Denouement
Definition
6. AKA the resolution, concluding parts of a story (all loose ends tied up and the conflict is resolved).
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