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Lit Terms
Lit Terms
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English
7th Grade
09/17/2007

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Fiction
Definition
Prose literature in which a world is recreated or invented byb the writer. Short stories and novels are 2 types.
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Short Story
Definition
Fiction that is limited in scope of events, characters. and setting.
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Inference
Definition
Making an educated guess using all the elements of a story.
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Plot
Definition
The sequence off events in a story, novel, or play, each event causing or leading to the nect. It begins witht the exposition and continues with the narrativee hook, rising action, climax, fallin action, and resolution.
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Exposition
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The introduction to the characters, setting, and situation at the beginning of the story, novel, or play.
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Narrative Hook
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The point in the story or novel at which the author catches the reader's attention by presenting an interesting problem or situation.
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Rising Action
Definition
The part of the plot that adds complications to the plot's problems and increases reader interest.
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Climax
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The point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense in a short story, novel, or play.
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Falling Action
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The logical result of theclimax that leads to the resolution.
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Resolution
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The part of the plot that includes the falling action by revealing or suggesting the outcome of the conflict.
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