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Charlie Schmidt Tools of the Trade Review
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Language - English
7th Grade
09/22/2015

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Term

Title


Definition
the name of a piece of literature
Term
Setting
Definition
the time and place of a story
Term
Characters
Definition
the people, animals or items
Term
Protagonist
Definition

the hero of the story, the one

attemping to meet a certain

goal

Term
Antangonist
Definition

the villian, the character against the hero, the one

who tries to prevent the hero from the metting

the goal

Term
Dynamic
Definition

the character who changes as a result

of the conflict in the story

Term
Static
Definition

the character who does NOT change throughout

the story

Term
Dialouge
Definition

the talking of the conversations that occurs

between characters in the story

Term
Foreshadowing
Definition

the use of hints of clues to suggest the

events that will likely occur

Term
Symbolism
Definition

when one object stands for or represents

an idea or another object

Term
Theme
Definition

the BIG IDEA, the lesson, message or moral that

the author is trying to get across

Term
Author's Purpose
Definition

the reason behind the author writing this piece. There

are 3 main reasons

Term
Plot
Definition

the action of the story. The action can be mapped

out on a plotline. A plotline has 5 parts.

 

Climax

Rising Action

Falling Action

Expostion

Resolution

Term
Conflict
Definition

problem or struggle

 

Person vs. Society

Person vs. Person

Person vs. Self

Person vs. Nature

Term
Point of View
Definition

who is telling the story, the narrator

 

Third Person Omniscient

Third Person Limited

First Person

Term
Tone
Definition
author's attitude about the subject they are writing
Term
Mood
Definition
feelings with the story the author chooses
Term
Why do we study literature?
Definition

Entertainment

Knowledge

Learn about ourselves

learn about others

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