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6th grade language Arts
literary terms
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English
6th Grade
09/14/2008

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biography
Definition
The story of a person's life told by someone else.
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autobiography
Definition
the story of a person's life told by him or her
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coming of age
Definition
a story about growing up
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dialect
Definition
speech patterns of a particular region or group
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dialogue
Definition
talk or conversation between two or more characters
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fable
Definition
brief story with moral or lesson
(Aesop's Fables)
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fantasy
Definition
fiction, poetry, or drama that takes place in an imaginary world and uses impossible circumstances
(animals that talk, plants that move or think, etc.)
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fiction
Definition
a story that is invented, and not a record of things that actually happened
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foreshadowing
Definition
the use of hints or clues to suggest what action is to come
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nonfiction
Definition
prose that tells about things as they acually happened or that presents factual information about something
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plot
Definition
the sequence of events or happenings in a literary work
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setting
Definition
the time and place of action
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protagonist
Definition
main character
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antagonist
Definition
goes against the protagonist. An antagonist is often a villain, but may be a force of nature, an animal, or another force that is in conflict with the protagonist.
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