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Language - English
7th Grade
09/15/2011

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Plot

 

Definition
The main events of a play novel,movie,or Similar work, Devised and presented by the writer as an  in terrelated sequence
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Theme
Definition
Life lesson that is learned from  a piece of literature
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exposition
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The part of a play or work of fiction in which the background to the main conflict is introuduces
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Climax
Definition
The most intense,exciting, important point of a story
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Resolution
Definition
The solving of conflict in a story
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conflict
Definition
A serious disagreement in a story, could be between two characters,a characters and nature, or character and self
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Foreshawdowing
Definition
The presentaltlo in a work of literature of hints clues that tip the reader off as to what is to come later in the work
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Flashback
Definition
A shift in story to an earlier event that  interrupts the normal chronological development than a novel
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Short Story
Definition
 a Story with a fully developed theme but significantly shoter and less elaborate than a novel
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Novel
Definition
A fictional story of considerable length,typically having a plot that is unfolded by the actions, speech, and thoughts of the charactes
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Narrative
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 A spoken or written account of connected events; a story
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Fantasy
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a genre of fiction that used magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot theme or setting
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Fairy Tale
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 A Children's story about magical and imaginary beings and lanas
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Folk Tale
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A story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth
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Legend
Definition
I a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but not proven
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Myth
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A trafitional story esp. one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon and typically involing  supernatural  beings (Zeus,Apollo) or events
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Tall Tale
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is a special kind of hero story because  the heroes are "larger than life" they are bigger or  stronger then real people ex Paul Bunyan
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Fable
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A short story, typically with animals as characters conveying a moral
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Science Fiction
Definition
Based on imagined future scientific or techological advances and major social or environmental change, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets
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Historical Fiction
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Tells a story that is set in the past that setting is usually real and drawn from history  and often contains actual historical person but the  principal characters tend to be fictional
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Realistic Fiction
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A Story that although unture could actually happen
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Mystery
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A novel short story play or film whose plot in volves a crime or other events  that remains puzzlingly unsettled until the very end
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