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tristyn looney
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Language - English
7th Grade
09/21/2015

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Term
Title
Definition
the name of a piece of literature.
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setting
Definition
the time and place
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charecters
Definition
the people, animals or items that are in the story.
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protagonist
Definition
the hero of the story the one attempting to meet a certain goal
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antagonist
Definition
the vilian the charecter aginst the hero ,the one who tries to prevent the hero from meeting the goal.
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dynamic
Definition
the charecter who changes as a result of the conflict in the story.
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static
Definition
the charecter who does not change throughout the story.
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dialouge
Definition
the talkking or the conversations that occurs between charecters in the story.
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foreshadowing
Definition
the use of hints of clues to suggest the events that will likely occur.
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symbolism
Definition
when one object stands for or represents an idea or another object.
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theme
Definition
the big idea the lesson, message, or moral that the authoris trying to get across.
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authors purpose
Definition
the reason behind the author writing this peice. there are 3 main reasons.
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plot ~5 partsof the plotline
Definition

~climax

     ~rising action

 ~falling action

  ~exposition

     ~resolution

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conflict ~4 parts
Definition

~person vs health

~person vs person

~person vs nature

   ~person vs universe

 

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points of view
Definition

*first person

 *third person

                 *third person omniscient

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tone
Definition
the writers attitude toward the subject he or she is writing about the tone can be serious sarcastic factual humerous etc...
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mood
Definition
the feelings associatied with the storty author chooses certain words & phrases to help determin the mood.
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why do we study litterature
Definition

    ~intertainment

~knowledge

                ~learn about ourselves

            ~learn about others

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