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final exam
by kirk the amazing and his pretty bird flutter
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English
6th Grade
05/18/2007

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Exposition
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the part of tthe story thathelps the reader understand the background or situation in which the story is set
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setting
Definition
it is where and when the story takes place
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rising action
Definition
a problem or problem arises (not the climax)
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conflict
Definition
this is the problem between the oposing forces in the story. the main character wants something, and something else is standing in his way
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climax
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this is the point of the story when tension is at its highest
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falling action
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the part riaght after the climax when tension is lowering
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resolution
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this is the very end when either the author in his own words OR the reader in his or her mind pauses to make sense of the story
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mood
Definition
this is the feeling that the author wants the reader to experience
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foreshadowing
Definition
this is a suggetion or hint in a story to what might or will happen later in the book
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theme
Definition
this is the meaning of the story in a nutshell
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suspense
Definition
this is the tension created in the reader by the action of the story
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alliteration
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repatitoin of the same consonant sound at the begining of words that are close together in a poem
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couplet
Definition
pair of lines that have matching rythm and rhyme
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free verse
Definition
poem that does not fallow a specific form
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imagery
Definition
words that create a visual picture using 5 senses
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line break
Definition
where one line ends and another bgins in poetry
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metophor
Definition
a figure of speach
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onomatopoeia
Definition
words that mimic sounds
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personifiction
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when objects or abstract concepts are give human qualities or characteristics
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rhyme
Definition
reoetition of ending sounds in words
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rhythm
Definition
pattern of stressed and unstressed beats or syllables in words
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simile
Definition
figure of speech that comperes ulike things
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