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MJ
MJ
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Literature
7th Grade
09/22/2015

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Term

the title


Definition
the name of a piece of literature
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the setting


 

Definition
the time and place of a story
Term
the characters
Definition
the people, animals, or items that are in the story
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protagonist
Definition
the hero of the story, the one attempting to meet a certain goal
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antogonist
Definition
the villian, the character against the hero, the one who tries to prevent the hero from meeting his goal
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dynamic characters
Definition
the character who changes as a result of the conflict in the story
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static characters
Definition
the characters who does NOT change throughout the story
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dialogue
Definition
the talking or the conversation that occurs between characters in the story
Term
forshadowing
Definition

the use of hints of cluesto suggest the event that will likely occur

 

Term
symbolism
Definition
when one object stands for or represents an idea or another object
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theme
Definition
the BIG IDEA, the lesson, message, or moral that the author is trying to get across
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author's purpose
Definition
the reason behind the author writing this piece. there are three reasons
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exposition
Definition
the beggining of a story
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the rising action
Definition
more than one event leads to another event with many conlfict
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climax
Definition
the main conflict is revealed
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falling action
Definition
leads to the solution of the problem
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resolution
Definition
lessons are learned and the solution are revealed
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mood
Definition
the feeling the reader gets when reading
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tone
Definition
the writers attitude toward the subject he or she is writing about
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first person
Definition
point of view of the character
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third person limited
Definition

only knows about one person

 

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third person omniscient
Definition
narrator knows all about evrything and everyone
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person vs person

 

Definition
the character has a problem with another character
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person vs society
Definition
all the isms EX: racism, sexism, and agism
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person vs nature
Definition
survival or against and element of nature
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person vs self
Definition
character has problems inside
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