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Skills Card - Literature
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English
6th Grade
10/04/2012

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genre
Definition

a type of literature

examples:  historical fiction, mystery, poetry, science fiction, realistic fiction

Term
fiction
Definition
prose (literature, text) about imaginary events
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traditional tale
Definition
a story (usually fables, fairy tales) which features a lesson to learn
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myth
Definition
a traditional story revolving around gods and heroes which also explains natural events
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fable
Definition

a short story with a moral (usually features an animal)  

an example is the tortoise and the hare

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theme
Definition
lesson learned from a story or novel
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moral
Definition
a lesson in a story about right and wrong behavior 
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central message
Definition
the author's main lesson
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drama
Definition
a play for theatre, television, radio or film
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culture
Definition
language, religion, music and habits of a group of people
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scene
Definition
an act in a play
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setting
Definition
the where and when in a story, drama or novel
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conflict
Definition
problem in the story
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author's purpose
Definition
a writer wants to persuade, entertain or inform his audience
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resolution
Definition
how a problem is fixed in a story
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poetry
Definition
an arrangement of words that contain meaning and music
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stanza
Definition
a set of lines in a poem
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rhythm
Definition
pattern of sounds in a poem
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point of view
Definition
the narrator's position or viewpoint
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1st person point of view
Definition

the narrator is telling the story

uses the pronoun "I" and "me"

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3rd person point of view
Definition
the story is being told by an outside observer
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plot
Definition
what happens in a story
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sequence of events
Definition
the order in which events happen in a story
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chronological order
Definition
time order
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narrator
Definition
person telling a story
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similar
Definition
 the same
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connections
Definition
when something in the story reminds you of something in your own life
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legend
Definition
a story passed down from person to person and has importance in its culture
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fairy tale
Definition
a short story that features magical elements 
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folktake
Definition
a story handed down from generation to generation
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character
Definition
a person in a story
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dialogue
Definition
conversation between 2 people in a story, drama and novel
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