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plot
storyline;sequence of events
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foreshadowing
hinting of future events
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tone/mood
the feeling or atmoshphere the author creates so the reader feels it
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characterization
explaining/the charcter's personality
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indirect characterization
character's personality is revealed by action and words
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direct characterization
the author explains the character's personality by just telling you
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dynamic character
- someone who changes throughout the story
- ex: telemachus
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conflict
the problem of the story
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internal conflict
man vs self
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external conflict
- man vs man
- man vs nature
- man vs society
- man vs supernatural
- man vs technology
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man vs man
man against man in a fight like a battle
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man vs nature
like a storm keeping him away from his family
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man vs society
like telemachus trying to get a ship from the suitors
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man vs supernatural
like odysseus and the cyclops or monsters
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narrator
teller of the story
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protagonist
main character
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antagonist
character against main character
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suprise ending
unexpected ending
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irony
something unexpected
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situational irony
the way the audience knows something that the main character doesnt
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main idea
plot or the gist of the story
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context clue
defining a word by using the context around it
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symbol
something that stands for something else
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narrative
a story about one's own experiences
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denotation
a word's actual dictionary definition
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connotation
the emotions attached to a word
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contradiction
a statement that negates something already said
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obstruction
obstacle; object in the way
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condolences
grief; express sympathy
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reconcile
to restore friendship
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derivation
the formation of a word from another word
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aperture
the opening of an opening
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modest
neither bold nor assertive
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dignified
- a person who has the quality of being worthy, honored, and/or esteemed.
- ex: President Obama
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indepent/dependent clauses
- a group of words.
- idependent can stand on their own
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colons
can always be used after an independent clause
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semi colons
can replace FANBOYS and a comma
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prefix
an affix place at the beginning of a word to clarify the meaning.
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suffix
an affix placed at the end of a word to clarify the meaning
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noun
a person place or thing
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adjective
describing word
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adverb
describing an action
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preposition
- a word that connects nouns to pronouns in a sentence.
- ex: the book was on the table.
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pronoun
- a word that replaces a noun
- ex: he, she, it, they...
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Always write literature in the ______ tense.
present
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Always write essays in the _________ point of view-- expect when introducing a personal example.
Third person
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What are homophones?
- words that sound alike
- ex: two, to, and too.
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