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| the time and place of the action |
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| the sequence of events in a story |
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| part of the work that introduces the characters, setting and basic situation |
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| the series of events that lead to the climax |
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| the turning point of the story, the point of greatest tension |
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| part of the plot that follows the climax |
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part of the story where the conflict is resolved and loose ends are tied up
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| the most important character in a story, poem or play |
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| the narrator tells their own story |
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the narrator tells the reader's story
often used in directions and instructions
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| the narrator is outside of the story and tells one characters thoughts and feelings |
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3rd Person Omniscient POV |
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| the narrator is outside of the story and presents two or more characters thoughts and feelings |
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| the narrator is outside of the story and presents only character actions and dialogue |
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| something that stands for or respresents something else |
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| a character who takes part in the action of the story but is not the focus of attention |
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| an opinionated perspective or vantage point from which a story is told |
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| narrator presents only factual information |
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| prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events |
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| prose writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, objects or events. |
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| type of literature that uses highly concise, musical, and emotionally charged language written in stanzas |
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| a story written to be performed by actors |
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| words that have the same meanings |
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| words that have opposite meanings |
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a comparison between two things
Ex. cold : hot :: up : down
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| a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics |
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| a figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparision between two unlike ideas |
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| a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else |
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| an event in the plot of the story that is not essential to the plot |
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| an event in the plot that is an essential part of the story |
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| a broad generalization, oversimplified view that disregards individual differences |
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| prejudice in favor or against one thing, person, or group compared to another...usually in a way considered unfair |
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| a struggle between two opposing forces |
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a struggle with an outside force
(another character or a force of nature)
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a struggle within the mind of a character
(struggling to make a decison, take an action or overcome a feeling) |
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| a central message, concern or purpose in a literary work (a lesson about life) |
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| a division or type of literature |
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| the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage |
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| a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events that occurred in the past |
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| the author's use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story |
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thoughts or feelings associated with a word |
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the dictionary defintion of a word
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the reason for creating a particular work
(to persuade, to inform or to entertain) |
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| word parts that come before the root word |
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| word parts that come after the root word |
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| a character or a force in conflict with a main character; protagonist |
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| another name for the main character in a story |
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word parts that are added to root words
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