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Literary Terms
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8th Grade
08/27/2007

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plot
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sequence of events in which each event results from a previous one and causes the next
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point of view
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perspective, or vantage point, from which a story is told
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protagonist
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main character in a literary work
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resolution
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outcome of the conflict in the plot
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science fiction
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combines elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact
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sensory language
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writing or speech that apeals to one or more of the five senses
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setting
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time and place of the action
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short story
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a brief work of fiction
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simile
Definition
comparison that uses like or as
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first person
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a point of view that is told by a character who uses the first person pronoun "I"
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third person omniscient
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point of view when the narrator knows and tells about what each character feels and thinks
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