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03/26/2009

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act
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a major seection of a play
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antagonist
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a force working against the main character
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author's pupose
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the reason an author creates a particular work
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biography
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a story told from someone else
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cause and effect
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two events are related as cause and effect when one event brings about the other
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character
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a person, animal,or imaginary creature that takes part in the action
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character traits
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a charicters personality that are permanant
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characterization
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all the techniques writers use to develop characters
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chronological order
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the order of events that are happening
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climax
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In the plot of a story or play, is the point of maximum interest in the turning point
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conflict
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a struggle between opposing forces
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external conflict
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when a character struggles against some opposing force
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internal conflict
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a struggle that is within a character
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drama
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a form of literature meant to be performed by actors before an audience
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essay
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a short peice of writing on a single subject
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exposition
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which is usually found at the beginning of a story or play, serves to introduce the main characters
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falling action
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those events that are leading from the climax to the resolution
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fantasy
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a story that takes place in an unreal, imaginary world
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fiction
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writing that tells an imaginary story
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genre
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a categorie of literature
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inference
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an educated guess from the evidence in the story
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irony
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a contrast between what is expeted and what actually exists or happens
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main idea
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the writers principle idea what the story is mmostly about
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narrator
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the person who tells the story
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plot
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a story's plot is the sequence of related events that make up a story
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protagonist
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the central character in a story, play, or novel
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resolution
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when all of the plots loose ends are tied up and the rising action is resulved
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rising action
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the events in a story leading from the exposition to the climax
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sequence
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the order in which events or ideas are presented
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setting
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time and place of the action
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short story
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a brief work of fiction usually read in one sitting
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theme
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the message about life or human nature that is told by literary work
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title
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the name attached to the piece of writing
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science fiction
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fiction based on real or imagined scientific developments
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stated theme
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a message suggested in the story through character's action plotting, plot events, or title
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implied theme
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told directly in the story
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personal essay
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a short work of nonfiction that saus tjpigjts
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drawing conclusions
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combining several peices of information to make an inference
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alliteration
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a repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of words
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anecdote
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a short, entertaining account about a person or an event
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autobiography
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a form of nonfiction in which a person tells a story of his own life
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static character
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characters who change little, if at all throughout the story
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dynamic character
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characters who change significantly throughout the story
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comparison
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what two or more things have in common
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context clues
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familiar words surrounding an unfamiliar word which often help the reader understand the meaning of the unfamiliar word
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contrast
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the process of pointing out differences between things
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description
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a writer creates a picture in the reader's imagination
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dialogue
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words a character speaks in a drama
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flashback
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an interruption of the action in the plot sequence taking the reader to an earlier age
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foreshadow
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a hint that suggests future events in a story
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foreshadow
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a hint that suggests future events in a story
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historical fiction
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fiction that is sent in the past
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mood
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the feeling a literary work conveys to readers
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motivation
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the reason why a character acts a particular way
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narrative
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writing that tells a story
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novel
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work of fiction that is longer and more complex than a short story
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point of view
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story is told from a particular point of veiw
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prop
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any physical object that is used in a drama or play
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stage
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the level and raised platform on which a drama is performed
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stage directions
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instructions to the actors, director and stafe view
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stereotype
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a generization about a group of people
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summarizing
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telling the main ideas in a piece of writing
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symbol
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a person, place, an object, or an action that stands for something beyod itself
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turning point
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the events of the plot immediately before the falling action
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