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short story vocab and other stuf

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setting   the time and place in which the events of a story novel or play occur  
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Protagonist   An individual in a story- the central character ariund whom the main conflict revolve  
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antagonist   In a literary work, a person or force in society who opposes the protagonist  
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Implied Theme   Can be expressed as a general statement about life and is revealed graduated through such other literary elementssuch as plot, character, setting... ect  
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Stated theme   Can be expressed as a general statement about life is directly or explicity announced in the text, usually at the end of the story.  
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Point of View   The relationship of a narrator/story teller to thestory- first person point of veiw.  
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plot   sequence of events in a narrative work.  
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dialect   varation of standard language spoken by a group of people often within a particular fegion.  
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symbolism   object a person, place or experence that represents something else, usually something abstract.  
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irony   contrast between apperance and reality.  
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figrative language   language used descripitve effect often inply ideas indirectly. although it may appear in all kids writing  
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simile   a figure of speech using like or as to compare seemingly unlike things  
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