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7th grade English
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Antagonist | Force working against the main character |
| Author’s Purpose | The author’s reason for creating a particular work |
| Character Development | DYNAMIC Characters that experience significant change STATIC Characters that change little or not at all |
| Characterization | The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. |
| Conflict | A struggle between opposing forces INTERNAL: A struggle within a character. EXTERNAL: A struggle against another character or force. |
| Flashback | An interruption in action to present actions that took place in an earlier time or place |
| Foreshadowing | When a writer provides hints that suggest future events |
| Genre | A type or category of literature |
| Inference | A logical guess or conclusion based upon evidence |
| Main Idea | The writer’s principal message. What is the author trying to get across to the reader? |
| Moral | The lesson that a story teaches |
| Motivation | The reason why a character acts, thinks, or feels a certain way. |
| Point of View | FIRST PERSON: The story is relayed by a narrator THIRD PERSON: The story is told from another source OBJECTIVE Point of View: Unbiased, fair perspective SUBJECTIVE Point of View: A personal view or opinion; ideas can be biased |
| Protagonist | The main character involved in the story’s conflict |
| Setting | The time and place of a story |
| Symbol | A person, place, object or action that represents something else (greater than itself) |
| Theme | Message about life or human nature that is communicated in a literary work |
| Simile | A comparison using “like” or “as” |
| Metaphor | A direct comparison (does not use “like” or “as”) |
| Personification | A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form |
| Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds usually at the beginnings of words |
| Imagery | Consists of words or phrases that appeal to readers’ senses. Writers use sensory details to help readers imagine how things feel, taste, touch, smell or sound |
| How to Properly Punctuate Titles | SHORT SELECTIONS get quotation marks. Longer selections are underlined. |
| Types of Writing | Persuasive - writing made to convince the reader Narrative - a form of story-telling Expository - writing that explains or informs Descriptive - Writing that is so detailed that it helps the reader to clearly picture it in their mind |
| Research | In order to avoid plagiarism, always give credit to the source where you found your information |
| Denotation and Connotation | Denotation = Refers to the literal meaning of a word; the "dictionary definition.” Connotation = Refers to the associations that are connected to a certain word or the emotional suggestions related to that word. |
| Making a Claim | A claim, also known as a thesis, is a statement that is supported with text details |
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