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Literature
9th Grade
10/25/2011

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fiction
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a story which is at least partly made up
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non-fiction
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a true story
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genre
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a type of literature
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author
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person who wrote the story
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narrator
Definition
voice who tells the story
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point of view
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angle from which the story is told
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omniscient
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all-knowing
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fly-on-the-wall narrator
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narrator who can only tell what can be seen or heard
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first-person narrator
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narrator who is in the story
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third-person narrator
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narrator who is not in the story
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mood
Definition
reader's response/feelings after reading the story
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tone
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author's attitude/emotions that come through the story
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plot line
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events as they happen in the story
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exposition
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the beginning of the plot line; introduces setting and characters; the explanation part of the story
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setting
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where and when the story takes place
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characters
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"people" in the story
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antagonist
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opponent of the main character
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protagonist
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the main character
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static characters
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characters who don't change
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dynamic characters
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characters who do change
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conflict
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the major problem in the story
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internal conflict
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character versus himself/herself
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external conflict
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problem between the charcter and an outside force
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rising action
Definition
portion of the story with more conflicts and suspense
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suspense
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a growing feeling of excitement or anxiety that makes a reader curious
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climax
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moment of greatest tension; turning point in the story
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falling action
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action after the climax
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resolution
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wrapping up the loose ends in a story; the outcome of the conflict; the last part of the plot line
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foreshadowing
Definition
clues the author gives about what is going to happen later
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flashback
Definition
jumping back in time in the story through a memory
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dialogue
Definition
talking
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dialect
Definition
the way characters talk because of where and when they're from
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irony
Definition
the contrast between what is expected and what really happens
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verbal irony
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sarcasm; saying the opposite of what you mean
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situational irony
Definition
a happening that is the opposite of what you'd expect to happen
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dramatic irony
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when the audience knows something that the character does not
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theme
Definition
lesson or mesage the author sends in the story
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symbol
Definition
images with several possible meanings or interpretations
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adage
Definition
proverb or traditional saying
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allusion
Definition
reference to, or mention or, something
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alliteration
Definition
repetition of beginning consonant sounds
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assonance
Definition
repetition of vowel sounds inside words
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hyperbole
Definition
exaggeration for effect
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imagery
Definition
use of sensory words to describe
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inference
Definition
conclusion based on a premise/facts; a deduction
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metaphor
Definition
comparison of two unlike things, e.g., "He's a pig."
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simile
Definition
comparison using "like," "as," or "than," e.g., "He's as messy as a pig."
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personification
Definition
giving human personality traits to non-humans
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paradox
Definition
a contradictory statement which may be true
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metonymy
Definition
a word that is used to stand for something associated with it
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