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A major section of a play; each act may be further divided into smaller sections, called scene. |
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A force working against the character. |
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His or her reason for creating a particular work it may be to entertain, inform, express an opinion, or persaude the reader. |
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The story of a persons life told y that person tells the story of his or her own life. |
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A form of nonficiton where a persons life is written by someone else. |
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Two events are related as cause and effect when one event brings about another. |
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A person, animal, or imaginary creaturethat takes part in the action of a litterary work. |
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The aspects of a character's personality that are permanents, unlije feelings or emotions. |
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The way a writer creates and developes a character; the character's words and action, thoughts, appearance, and how others think about the character. |
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The time order in which events happen. |
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In the plot the point of highest interest. |
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A struggle between opposing forces. |
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Usually found at the begining of a story. Introduces the setting and characters. |
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A struggle between another person or an outside force. |
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A struggle with in a character. |
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Form of literature meant to be proformed by actors before an audience. |
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A short piece of writing on a single subject. |
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All the plot leading to the climax to the resolution. |
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Not true, fake, writting that tells an imaginary story. |
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Type of category or type of literature. |
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A contrast between what is expected. |
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The message that a story is mostly about. |
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The sequence of the events that move through the story. |
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Combining several pieces of information to make an inferance. |
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Short piece of writing on a single subject. |
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A formal piece of writing on a single subject. |
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A statement that can be proved. |
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First Person Point Of View |
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When the writer tells the story. |
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Writing that deals with real people, places, and events. |
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Statement that can not be proved. |
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A short poece of writing on a single subject that expresses the writers thoughts and feelings. |
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Reppetition of a sound at the begining of words. |
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An entertaining account about a person or event. |
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Characters who change little, if at all throughout the story. |
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Characters who change significantly throughout the story. |
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The process of pointing out what two or more things have in common. |
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The atmosphere of feeling in a story. |
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The reason why a character acts in a way. |
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Writting that tells a story. |
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An interruption in the action to present something that happened earlier. |
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When the writer provides hints to know. |
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Set in the past and may contain references to events. |
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Familiar words surrounding and unfamiliar word which often help the reader understand the meaning of the unfamiliar word. |
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The process of pointing out the differences between two things. |
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A writer creates a picture in the readers imagination. |
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A logical guesse or clnclusion based on evedence. |
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Writers principal message. |
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Any physical item that is used in a drama or play. |
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The theme int the novel that is not stated. |
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Fiction based or real or imagined scientific developments. |
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The time and the place of the action. |
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The order in which events occur or ideas are presented. |
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A story that takes place in an unreal imaginary world. |
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All of the plot events leading from the climax to the resolution. |
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The central character in a story or novel. |
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Events leading up to the climax. |
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Combining several pieces of information to make an inference. |
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Third Person Point Of View |
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The writer is not part of the story. |
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