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Ashante Gilham tools of the trade review
test review
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Language - English
7th Grade
09/21/2015

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Title
Definition
the name of a piece of literature
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Setting 

 

Definition
the time and place of a story
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Characters
Definition
the people, animals or iteams that are in the story.
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Dialogue

die-a-log

Definition
the talking or the converstion that occurs between characters in the story.
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Foreshadowing
Definition
the use of hints or 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 author is trying to get across. there are three main persude, inform, and entertain.
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Authors Purpose
Definition
the reason behind the authors writing this piece.
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Plot structure
Definition
plot action of a story
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conflict
Definition

problem or struggle in the story 4 types of conflict.

 

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person vs person
Definition

one character has a problem with the other character.

ex:external conflict

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person vs society
Definition
all the racism like sexism, ageism,prejeduce,discrimination ect.
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perosn vs nature
Definition

survival of like a tornado,flood,earthquake,fire and, ect.

external

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person vs self
Definition
person struggle inside like deciding things or something like that.
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point of view
Definition

first person:use pronouns like i,we me,my,and describes the thoughts and feelings of the person telling and living the the story.

 

second person:the material is presented from the point of view of a character, in third persom

 

third person-omniscient-means knowing all: knows everything may revel the motivations, thoughts and feelings or the character and gives the readers informationn.

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theme
Definition
the big idea, the lesson,message,or moral that the author is trying to get across usally found in fiction.
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tone
Definition
the writers attitude towards the subject he or she is writing about. the tone can be serious, sarcastic, factual,humourous,ect.
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mood
Definition
the feelings associated with the sory, the authoers chooses certain words and phrases to help determine the mood. the mood can be funny,scary,ect.
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