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Unit 1 Chapter 1

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