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RAMS Language Arts Midterm Vocabulary (Miseyka)
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Literature
7th Grade
11/20/2009

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characterization
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the act of creating and developing a character
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direct characterization
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a writer states the characters' traits or characteristics
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indirect characterization
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readers must draw conclusions about the characters' traits
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climax
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the highest point of action of the plot
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complication
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an obstacle that leads to the conflict
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conflict
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a struggle between opposing forces
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antagonist
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a character or force in conflict with the main character
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dialogue
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a conversation between two characters
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dramatic irony
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the audience is aware of something that a character is not
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exposition
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introduces the character, setting, and basic situation of a story
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falling action
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the events that follow the climax and lead to the resolution
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foreshadowing
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clues to hint at what may happen later in the story
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hyperbole
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an exaggerated statement used to make a strong effect
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imagery
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words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses
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situational irony
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a contradiction between what happens and what is expected
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mood
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the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
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flashback
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tells readers about events that happened before the current action of the story
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point of view
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the perspective from which a story is told
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omniscient point of view
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the thoughts and feelings of all characters are known
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limited point of view
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shows the thoughts and feelings of just one character
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protagonist
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the main character in a literary work
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resolution
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the outcome of the conflict in a plot and the end of a story
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rising action
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the part of the story where conflicts start and tension increases
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style
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the characteristic way an author uses language
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personification
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giving human qualities to something that is not human
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suspense
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a feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events in a story
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symbol
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anything that stands for or represents something else
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theme
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a central message of a literary work
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tone
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the writer's attitude toward his/her audience and subject
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verbal irony
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using figures of speech (such as hyperbole) for an ironic effect
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Character vs. Character
Character vs. Society
Character vs. Nature
Character vs. Self
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What are the 4 types of conflict?
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setting
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where and when a story takes place
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figurative language
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writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally
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simile
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uses "like" or "as" to compare two unlike ideas
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metaphor
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something is described as though it were something else
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static character
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a character who does not change
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dynamic character
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a character who changes or grows during the course of a work
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