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Literature
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05/11/2010

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Term
Exposition.
Definition
(in a play, novel, etc.) dialogue, description, etc., that gives the audience or reader the background of the characters and the present situation
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Rising Action.
Definition
the rising part of the story that gets you into it. (Conflicts. etc.)
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Climax.
Definition
The big shazam of the story
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Falling Action/Resolution.
Definition
The falling action of the story, where all of the conflicts are explained.
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Flat Character.
Definition
A minor character that you know less about.
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Round Character.
Definition
a main character that you know alot about.
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Static Character.
Definition
a character that does not change throughout the whole story.
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Dynamic Character.
Definition
A character that changes dramatically throught the story.
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Foreshadowing.
Definition
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Flashback.
Definition
Visualizing in your mind seeing back into the past into one of your past expieriences
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Internal Conflict.
Definition
A conflict that takes place in your mind (Or with yourself)
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External Conflict.
Definition
A conflict that takes place with another person or thing.
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Mood.
Definition
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Theme.
Definition
The setting of the story. (Where it takes place. Etc.)
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Paragraph.
Definition
Another "PART" of the topic that your reading about.
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Conclusion.
Definition
When everything is said and done, your conclusion is what you feel about. (When the story or movie is finished.)
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Topic Sentence.
Definition
The sentence at the beginning paragraph that relfects about what your whole story will be about.
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Footnotes.
Definition
Notes at the bottom of a page about what you are reading on that page or that relfect about the whole story. (most of the time used for Vocabulary Words.)
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Index.
Definition
The index is located at the back of a book, and serves as a reference for the whole book that you can look back upon for info about the whole book.
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Bibliography.
Definition
a list of source materials that are used or consulted in the preparation of a work or that are referred to in the text.
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Objectives.
Definition
Something that you are striving for
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Vocabulary.
Definition
words that (based upon what you have been reading) should reflect and help you better understand the story.
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Main Idea.
Definition
the main idea is what the WHOLE story is about/concerning. If your main idea is wrong, your whole story will not seem to sound as right.
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Details.
Definition
Details are very important! Details are like little things that describe and help you better understand one certain thing.

EX: My HAIRY, BLACK, HUGE, FAT dog.
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Subtopic.
Definition
A topic; under a topic, Describing that topic
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Headings.
Definition
A heading is usually name date, so forth. but can be other things.
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Sequence.
Definition
The order that something happens in
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Logical Order.
Definition
placing things in order according to time
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Cause And Effect.
Definition
If you do something... this will be the effect.
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Compare and Contrast.
Definition
Compare and Contrast is where you compare and contrast something, someone, or someplace.
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Deductive reasoning.
Definition
from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
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Captions.
Definition
Things under a picture (usually) Describing that picture.
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Italics.
Definition
Slanted writing that puts emphasis on word(s)
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illustrations.
Definition
illustrating something/someone/someplace etc. ;(a picture)
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bold face.
Definition
if something is in bold it typically means to put stress on it. it can also mean that you are yelling, or shouting.
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symbols.
Definition
symbols are little picture like figures that represent something.
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key.
Definition
a key is a menu telling you what the symbols mean.
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visuals.
Definition
something that you can picture in your head. ;a picture you can see in your head to help you learn something.
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credit.
Definition
credit is where you give someone the acknowledgment for creating or making something. the "credits at the end of a movie give the people that did a part to help create the movie thier "CREDIT".
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abbreviations.
Definition

an abbrivitation is a shortened form of a longer word.

 

ex:

is not=isn't

abb.=abbriviation

appt.=appointment

john=johhny

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image.
Definition
a picture or visual of something/someone/someplace/etc.
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definitions.

 

Definition

words or terms.

or words with terms.

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prior knowledge.

 

Definition

knowing something before it is needed.

 

ex:

i knew every fishes name in finding nemo before i even had seen the movie.

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predict.

 

Definition
to make an educated guess on what will come next;(in a story/book/movie/etc.)
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connect.
Definition
to try and find a way that you and another character are alike or similliar in any way shape or form.
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identify.
Definition
to tell who a person or what a person is by using thier identity.
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anaylize.
Definition
to study something or someone over very carefully/closely.
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infer.
Definition
to make an educated guess based on facts.
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clarify.
Definition
to make something very clear.
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summarize.
Definition
to sum up something. ;shorten it.
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paraphrase.
Definition
the act or process of restating or rewording.
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fact.
Definition
something based upon set information is true.
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opinion.
Definition
not a fact; your own PERSONAL feelings, not actual fact.
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cross check.
Definition
to determine the accuracy of (something) by checking it with various sources.
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self-correct.
Definition
to correct yourself before somebody else corrects you.
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recall.
Definition

to bring back from memory; recollect; remember

 

EX:

Can you recall what she said?

Term

context clues.

 

Definition
clues in the context that might explain what something is for you without you having to go look up the definition.
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plagarize.
Definition
to copy someone elses work; stealing someone elses work and you not really doing anything.
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onomatopeia.
Definition

words that actually say thier meaning.

 

ex:

CRACK.

BAM.

POP.

SNAP.

BUZZ.

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rythm.
Definition
music, beat. etc.
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refrain.
Definition
to try and stop from doing something.
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dialect.
Definition
your accent according to where you are.
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end rhyme.
Definition

rhyme at the end of a line in a poem

 

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internal rhyme.
Definition
rhyme that takes place somewhere in the middle of a line in a stanza (in a poem most commonly used.).
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rhyme scheme.
Definition

rhyme scheme is the scheme of the rhyming in a stanza.

 

ex:

cat ran up the clock=a

the clock said tock=a

hickory dickory dock.=a

the mouse said hey!=b

kernads and wayy!=b

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near rhyme.
Definition

words that sound alike but arent rhyming.

(they may have the same constanant or vowel sound).

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alliteration.
Definition
the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration), as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable (vocalic alliteration), as in each to all.
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consonance.
Definition
the repititon of consonace sounds.
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assonance.
Definition
when you have one or several words in the same sentence or stanza that have the same vowel but dont technically rhyme.
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line.
Definition
a line in a poem, is kinda like a sentence in a book, if you read a poem without the lines in the order that they are supposed to be in it will sound wierd.
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stanza.
Definition
a stanza is a paragraph in a poem.
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acrostic.
Definition

c- cute?

a- amazing?

m-marvelous

d-dumb?

e-eager

n-narcasticc?

 

i dont even know what that means.

 

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lyric.

 

Definition

a lyric is a line in a song.

songs can also be written down as poems, so it can also be a line from a poem (made from a song)

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ballad.
Definition
a poem that is intended to be used to be made into a song.
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haiku.
Definition
a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.
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folk tale.
Definition
a folk tale is a poem that was generally never written down. it was passed down verbally generation through generation. (although most recently they are starting to write down folk tales and make them into childrens books.).
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limerick.
Definition

I DONT KNOW.

 

 

 

...

 

 

 

 

NOW GO FIND OUT!! thanksssss(: tons o help!

Term
narrative.
Definition

narrative is when someone reads a poem or story or ANYTHING to you. they are narrarating.

 

 

(  idk if i spelled that right. oooweeelll(:  )

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