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lit terms
Term | Definition |
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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 |