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Literature
8th Grade
05/19/2012

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plot
Definition
a sequence of events or actions in a story
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theme
Definition
central idea
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drama
Definition
a story meant to be performed by actors
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dialogue
Definition
a conversation between 2 or more characters
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monologue
Definition
one person speaking
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epilogue
Definition
final comments in a literary work
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historical fiction
Definition
real events, places, or people are incorporated into a fictional/ made up story
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autobiography
Definition
story of the writer's own life, told by the writer
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personification
Definition
putting human qualities on nonhuman objects
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alliteration
Definition
repetition of initial consonant sounds
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onomatopoeia
Definition
words such as buzz that sound how they are
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langston hughes
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known for his short stories, poems, & other types of literature
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robert frost
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associated with rural new england, wrote "the road not taken"
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henry wadsworth longfellow
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known as a fireside poet, wrote ballods, such as "paul revere"
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e.e. cummings
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wrote "if i can stop one heart from breaking"
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emily dickinson
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known as "belle of amherst" prolific writer who was a recluse
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haiku
Definition
three-line japanese poem
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metaphor
Definition
comparison of two unlike objects
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simile
Definition
comparison of two unlike objects using "like" or "as"
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