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character traits
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English
7th Grade
10/03/2011

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protagonist
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good guy
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antagonist
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bad guy
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minor character
Definition
a character in the story that does not play a major roll in the story
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static character
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a character that does not change in a story
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dynamic character
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is a character that changes alot throughout the story
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flat character
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a character that we will not know much of
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round character
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the character that the reader knows much about
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conflict
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a struggle expierenced by the protagonist
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external conflict
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a stuggle between the character and an outside force
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internal conflict
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a stuggle expierenced within a character
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motivation
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a force that moves a character to act in a certain way
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external motivation
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an outside force that drives a character to act in a certain way
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internal motivation
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a force inside a character that drives them to act in a certain way
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subject
Definition
the topic of a piece of literature.
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theme
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the main idea or message in a literacy worth its what the work says about the subject
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image
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a word or pharase that names something that can be seen,heard,toughed,tasted or smelled.
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suspense
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a felling of curiosity or expectation of tinged with anxiety about the outcome of a work.
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foreshadowing
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hints in the text about what is going to happen in the story
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plot
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the series of events in a story that generally follow a pattern
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exposition
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the part of the plot where the characters and settings are introduced and background info is provided
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incting incident
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the part of the plot where the conflict is introduced
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rising action
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series of evenst by means the conflict intensifies or builds
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climax
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high point of a story
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falling action
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the events that occur after the falling point
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resolution
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the event that determines the outcome of the story
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denouement
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the part of a story in which the loose ends of the plot tie it up.
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