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lit terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ignored | paid no attention to |
| resumed | begin again |
| deceive | make someone believe something that is not true |
| transformation | change |
| ignorant | not knowing facts |
| quest | a long search |
| adequate | enough |
| strategy | set of plans |
| compelled | forced |
| improvising | making up |
| twine | strong string |
| acquainted | familiar |
| reassuring | having the effect |
| contraption | device or machine |
| formidable | impressive |
| epidemic | outbreak of a contagious |
| flushed | drove from hiding |
| evidently | clearly |
| intersection | a place where two road met |
| pondered | thought about deeply |
| venerable | worthy of respect |
| millennium | a period of a thousand years |
| character | a made up person or animal |
| conflict | opposition between or among different forces |
| dialogue | a conversation between characters |
| fiction | tells about imaginary characters and events |
| first person | told by a character who uses the word I |
| Historical context | political and social events in a story |
| narrative | a story |
| narrator | a speaker |
| nonfiction | writing that presents and explains the idea |
| plot | the sequence of events |
| point of view | perspective |
| setting | time and place |
| theme | central message |
| third person | he and she characters |
| types of nonfiction | bios essays |
| types of fiction | novels short stories |