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1st Semester Exams Vocabulary
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Literature
7th Grade
12/07/2012

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Alliteration
Definition
Repeated initial consonant sounds.
Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
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Allusion
Definition
Reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature
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Antagonist
Definition
Character in a story of poem who deceives frustrates, or works against the main character, or protagonist, in some way.
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Characterization
Definition
How an author describes a character, both directly and indirectly
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Direct Characterization
Definition
Characterization where the author directly says something about the character.
Example: He had blonde hair
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Indirect Characterization
Definition
Characterization where the reader is forced to draw conclusions from the characters actions
Example: He saved the children, so he had a good heart
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Climax
Definition
The high point of interest or suspense; from here, you can see the end of the story
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Coming-of-age novel
Definition
literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood
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Conflict
Definition
struggle between opposing forces
Example: Man vs man, man vs self
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Exposition
Definition
The opening of a work of fiction where the reader finds out about characters, setting, and basic situation.
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Extended Metaphor
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