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dante marnell tools of 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 peolpe animals or items
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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 villian, the character against the hero, the one who trys to prevent the hero from meeting a goal
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dynamic character
Definition
the character who changes as a resullt of conflict in the story
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static character
Definition
the charachter who does not change during the story
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diaoluge
Definition
the talking or the conversations that occurs between characters 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 stand 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
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authors purpose
Definition
the reason behind the author writing this piece there are three main reasons
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plot
Definition
the action of the story
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conflict
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the arguement in a story, the cause
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point of view
Definition
the way the story is told for example i cleaned up my room, thats first person
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mood
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the feel of the story or emotion, sad or happy
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why do we study literature
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def.

1.for entertainment

2.for knowledege

3.to learn about ourselves

4.to learn about others

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tone
Definition
the writers aattitude toward the subject he or she is writing about
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