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Lit vocab 5
Term | Definition |
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Parable | A story told for the purpose of teaching a lesson or truth |
Prodigal | a person who wastes money |
kinsman redeemer | a male blood relative who had the right to buy back and restore property to its original owner |
Jew | a descendant of the Hebrews, or Israelites, who were God's chosen people |
narrator | one who tells a story |
protagonist | the main character in a play, story, or novel |
Generalization | a general statement inferred from particular facts |
inference | the act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true |
supporting detail | a description or clue that an author gives the reader about the setting or characters |