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Language Arts Final
literary terms
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Literature
8th Grade
05/11/2009
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Plot
 Definition
the arrangement of events to achieve an intended effect consisting of a series of carefully devised and interrelated actions that progresses through a struggle of opposing forces, called conflict, to a climax and a denouement
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Setting
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where a story takes place
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Foreshadowing
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hinting at things to come
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Flashback
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depicts a set of events that occurred before the scenes immediately proceding it
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Point of view
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the perspective from which a story is told
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