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Ms. Johnson
Final Vocab
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Biology
9th Grade
12/13/2006

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Conflict
Definition
What problem, internally or externally, is and how it is presented to you in the story.
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Exposition
Definition
The beginning of the story which introduces you, the reader, to the plot, character, and setting.
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Rising Action
Definition
The event(s) which build up the conflict and lead up to the Climax of the story.
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Climax
Definition
The most exciting and built up part of the story where everything has been built up for that moment or part.
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Falling action
Definition
The events following the end of the Climax as the characters start to solve their problems.
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Resolution
Definition
The part in the story where the characters resolve their conflict and or the story ends.
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Protagonist
Definition
The main character(s) in the story; the hero
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Antagonist
Definition
The character(s) that try to keep the main character from achieving their goal or resolving their problem.
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Direct Characterization
Definition
Where the writer tells you directly how the character is or how they are feeling.
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Indirect Characterization
Definition
Where the writer gives hints as to how the character feels or how they are.
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Round Character
Definition
A character that has many sides to his or her emotions or actions or how they present themselves.
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Flat Character
Definition
A character to whom has very few traits about them,
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Stock Character
Definition
The average character; characters thrown in to make the story fit together.
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Dynamic Character
Definition
a character who changes through out the whole of the story.
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Static Character
Definition
A character who stays the same in the whole of the story.
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Internal conflict
Definition
The conflict with a character that is something of their mind
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External Conflict
Definition
A conflict that a character has that happens to them by things outside of their mind.
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Connotation
Definition
a feeling you get from a word
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Denotation
Definition
The actual definition of a word.
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1st Person Narration
Definition
A Narrative where the main character tells the story.
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3rd Person Narration
Definition
A narration by a person outside of the story to whom watches what has or is happening and tells it to the reader.
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Omniscient Narrator
Definition
An all-knowing being who knows everything that is going on with every character in the story.
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