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Unit 1 Chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| character | person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work |
| conflict | struggle between opposite forces |
| context | parts of a sentence next to a pacific word |
| dialogue | conversation between two characters |
| fiction | prose writing that tells of imaginary character and events |
| first person | person who uses pronoun "I' |
| historical context | context of literary work includes the actual political and social events and trends of the time |
| narrative | story |
| narrator | speaker or character who tells a story |
| nonfiction | prose writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real-places, people, objects, or events |
| plot | sequence of events in which each event results from a previous one and causes the next |
| point of view | perspective or vantage point at which the story is being told |
| setting | time and place of the action |
| theme | central message in literary work |
| third person | pronouns he or she |
| bigots | narrow minded, prejudiced people |
| dejectedly | sadly; showing discouragement |
| emulate | copy or be like someone |
| fluent | able to write or speak fluently |
| slackening | easing; becoming less active |
| vital | extremely important or necessary |
| tumultuously | noisily and violently |
| resilient | springing back into shape |
| refugee | person who flees home or country to seek shelter from war and cruelty |
| porridge | soft food made of cereal boiled in water or milk |
| permanent | lasting forever |
| simile | using like or as to compare nouns that aren't alike |
| metaphor | comparing two nouns without like or as |
| alliteration | repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words in a sentence |
| onomatopoeia | when the word sounds like the word it's describing |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| idiom | a phrase or expression whose meaning cannot form an ordinary meaning |
| personification | human qualities to something that's not human |
| imagery | description that's appealing to one's senses |