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The name of a piece of literature.
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The time and place of a story.
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The people, animals, or items that are in the story.
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the hero of the story, the one attempting to meet a goal.
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The villian, the characteragainst the hero, the one who tries to prevent the hero from meeting the goal.
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The character who changes as a result of the conflict in the story.
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the character who does NOT change throughout the story.
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The talking or the conversations that occcurs between characters in the story.
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the use of hints of clues to suggest the events that will likely occur. |
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when one object stands for or represents an idea or another object.
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the BIG IDEA, the lesson, message, or moral that the author is trying to get across.
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the reason behind the author writing this piece. There are 3 main reasons...
1) to persuade
2)to inform
3) to entertain
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the action of the story. the action can be mapped out on a plotline. a plotline has 5 parts...
1)climax
2)rising action
3)exposition
4)falling action
5)resolution |
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the problem or struggle in the story, there are 4 types of conflict...
1)person vs. person
2)person vs. nature
3)person vs. society
4)person vs. self |
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who is telling the story, "narrator"
there are 3 types...
1) first person
2)third person limited
3) third person omniscient |
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the writers attitude toward the subject he or she is writing about.The tone can be serious, sarcastic, and rude. |
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feelings associated with the story the author chooses certain words and phrases to help determine moods, funny, scary, happy, etc. |
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Why do we have to study literature. |
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we study literature so...
1) we can have better jobs
2)support our families
3) read and write
4)and so we can help with anything. |
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