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GEE Review
GEE words
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English
10th Grade
04/07/2011

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Plot
Definition
the sequence of related events that make a story hang together
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Exposition
Definition
the first part of a plot
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Complications
Definition
next part on the plot, causes new problems
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Climax
Definition
the story's most exciting or suspensefil moment; when something nappens that decides the outcome of the conflict
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Resolution/Denouement
Definition
last part of plot, when the problems are resolved and the story ends
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Flash Forward
Definition
you visit a character's future
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Flashback
Definition
when the present sction in a story is interrupted with a scene or scenes from the past
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Foreshadowing
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another method for manipulating time; a writer plants clues that hint at something that will happen later in the plot
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Cause
Definition
the reason why something happened
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Effect
Definition
the result of some event or action
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Synthesize
Definition
put it all together so that you can better understanf the subject
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Setting
Definition
time and place of a story or play
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Mood
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a story's atmosphere or the feeling it evokes
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Point of View
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the vantage point from which a writer tells a story
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Omniscient Point of View
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the traditional vantage point
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First-person Point of View
Definition
an "I" tells the story
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Third-person Limited Point of View
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the story is told by and outside observer, who frequently refers to charcters with third-person pronouns(he, she, they)
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Voice
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the writer's distinctive use of language in a story
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Diction
Definition
the choice of words
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Tone
Definition
the attitude a speaker or writer takes toward a subject, a character, or the reader
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Satire
Definition
only writing that ridicules the shortcoming of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about a change
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