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BFP vocab

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prose   show
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show a prose selection which is invented. It can be based on a true story or completely made up.  
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literature   show
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short story   show
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show a prose narrative that is longer than a short story and develops the characters and plot more completely than a short story.  
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plot   show
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characters   show
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setting   show
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theme   show
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show A. Direct The author states it directly B. Indirect The methods used to present the personality of a character in a narrative. -his/her words and actions -his/her thoughts and ideas -what others think and say -the character's appearance  
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point of view first person   show
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show the narrator is NOT a character in the story, but knows and shares the thoughts and ideas.  
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show the narrator is NOT a character and does NOT know any character. He, she, it, they and them  
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show the narrator is NOT a character but knows and shares the thoughts and ideas of more than one character  
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show a visual representation of the plot  
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show A. setting: time, place, sets the mood. B. introduces the characters C. background: sets characters in motion  
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conflict   show
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show 1. person vs. person 2. person vs. nature 3. person vs. society 4. person vs. technology 5. person vs. fate 6. person vs. supernatural 5. person vs. 6. person vs.  
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rising action   show
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show the solution of the main conflict is the turning point of the story and is often the high point of the action  
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falling action   show
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show story is brought to a close  
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denotation   show
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show ideas and feelings associated with a word mother: warmth, love  
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irony   show
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allusion   show
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show a broad generalization or oversimplified view that disregards individual differences  
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show a prose selection that tells about something that actually happened, or presents factual information  
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essay   show
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show the story of a person's life that is written by someone else  
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show nonfiction in which a person tells the story of his/her own life  
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show the main character in the story, often but not always the hero  
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antagonist   show
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character motivation   show
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static character   show
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dynamic character   show
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round character   show
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show the reader sees only one aspect of the character's personality  
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show imaginative writing that has a scientific bases  
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foreshadowing   show
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show the dominant emotion created in a literary passage; a feeling or atmosphere that the reader senses  
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show a reasonable conclusion based on certain clues or facts presented in the story  
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show a feeling of growing tension, excitement or uncertainly about what is happening in the story  
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author's purpose   show
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show the author's attitude toward his or her subject. the author's tone may be serious, playful, objective, etc  
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anecdote   show
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show false or misleading info to present a point of view  
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show any language that is not intended in a literally, present in a literal sense. such as: simile, metaphor, personification or hyperbole  
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show a comparison of two unlike things using the words "like", "as", or "resembles"  
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show a comparison of unlike things without using the words "like", "as" or "resembles"  
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show an exaggerates statement used for effect  
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personification   show
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imagery   show
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show an expression that cannot be understood by analyzing it word for word  
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show a word that has meaning in itself but is used to represent something else as well  
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drama   show
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show the words the characters speak aloud  
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show a major section of a play. an act serves the same function as a chapter in a novel  
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show the events that occur in one place at one in a play  
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show a dramatic work that is light and often humorous, and usually ends with a peaceful and happy resolution to the main conflict  
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show a dramatic work that presents the downfall of a dignified character involved in historically or socially significant events  
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sound techniques-rhyme   show
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show the pattern or flow of sounds created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry  
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show a repetition of constant sounds at the beginning  
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sound technique-onomatopoeia   show
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show a repetition of vowel sounds  
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satire   show
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poetry   show
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narrative poem   show
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lyric poem   show
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