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Literature
7th Grade
10/06/2008

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Term

Genre

(noun)

Definition

1) A kind of litarary work.

2)A class or category of work(music,art,literature)

3)A type of class

Term

Revise

(verb)

Definition

1)To amend or amend or alter.

2)To improve or, make corrections, or change.

Term

Plagiarism

(noun)

Definition

The practice of taking someone's else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

Term

Subordinate

Character 

(noun) 

Definition
A character of less omportance in a story, not one of the main characters.
Term

Antagonist

(noun) 

Definition
A person who activly opposes or is hostile to another perspn/thing.
Term

Protagonist

(noun) 

Definition
The leading charecter or major characterin a movie, novel, or text, or real situation.
Term

Plot

(noun) 

Definition

1. A plan in secret to do something illegal or harmful.

2.The main enent of a play , novel, or movie,

3. A small piece of ground marked for building or gardening.

4.A graph showing the relationship between two variables. 

Term

Exposition

(noun) 

Definition

1. The part of a novel where the main conflict is introduced.

2.A large public exhibit of art.

Term
Aparthied
Definition
A rigid policy of segragation of non-white population.
Term

Resolution

(noun) 

Definition

1. Finding a solution to a problem

2. A decision to do something.

Term

Alibi

(noun) 

Definition
A cliam or piece of evidence that a person was elsewhere when a crime occured.
Term

Climax

(noun) 

Definition
The most intense, exciting, or important point of a novel or a story.
Term

Inference

(noun) 

Definition
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and logical reasoning.
Term

Trifle

(noun) 

Definition

1.A small quantity or amount of anything.

2. An article or thing of very little value. 

Term

Relevant

(adj.) 

Definition
Connected with the matter at hand.
Term

Inevitable

(adj.) 

Definition
Certain to happen, unable to be avoided, sure to happen
Term

consternation

(noun) 

Definition
The feeling of anxiety or dismay, usually at something unexpected.
Term

Reluctant

(adj.) 

Definition
Unwilling to complete a task or agree with another.
Term

Arduous

(adj.) 

Definition
Requiring or using much energy and vigor, hard to endur.
Term

Abcess

(noun) 

Definition

A located collection of pus in the tissues, often with swelling, usually caused by bacteria.

 

Term

Dendrite

(noun) 

Definition
Braches froma nueton that recieve and transmit nerve impules toward the brain.
Term

Cortex

(noun) 

Definition
Outer layer of cerebrum made of grey matter.
Term

Phrenology

(noun) 

Definition

1.The detailed study of the shape, and size of the cranium telling of character and mental ablities.

2. Belief in localized brain functions. 

Term

Epilepsy

(noun) 

Definition
A disorder of the nervous system often resulting in convulusions.
Term

Bade

Vb. 

Definition

To command some on to do something.

To expres a greeting or wish. 

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