Units 4 and 5
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| Plot | Simply put: The story and everything that happens in it
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| Conflict | A struggle between opposing people or forces
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| Setting | The time and place of the story
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| Protagonist | The main character in a story. Not necessarily the "good guy," but the story is about him or her.
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| Antagonist | A character who causes conflict for the protagonist. Not necessarily a "bad guy."
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| External Conflict | External conflict takes place between a character and something outside himself: a person vs another person, or a person vs outside forces (nature, society, technology, fate)
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| Internal Conflict | Internal conflict takes place within a single character. This can be a difficult decision, a moral challenge to over come, or a struggle with fear and self-doubt.
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| Exposition | Readers are given the background information they need to understand the story; they learn about the characters and setting
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| Rising Action | The action of the story begins; the conflict is introduced; tension starts building
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| Climax | Moment of greatest tension; the protagonist must make a decision or confront a challenge
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| Falling Action | The consequences of the protagonists' decision or action play out
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| Resolution | The different story lines are resolved, and the story comes to its conclusion
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| Emily Dickinson | She was the first great American female poet and one of the first great female authors in all of Western literature.
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| Figurative Language | Found in poetry and descriptive writing, authors use it to appeal to the readers imagination and senses.
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| Poetry | A type of writing that focuses on the expression of feelings and ideas through the use of distinctive style and rhythm.
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| Poetic Devices | A type of style and rhythm that is used in poetry.
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| Simile | A comparison of two things using "like" or "as."
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| Metaphor | A comparison of two things without using "like" or "as."
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| Personification | Occurs when the author gives human characteristics to objects.
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| Hyperbole | Extreme exaggeration of the truth.
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| Imagery | Descriptive writing that appeals to the senses of touch, taste, sound, smell, and sight.
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| Repetition | The action of repeating something that has already been said or written
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| Rhyme | The correspondence of similar sound between words or the endings of words.
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| Rhythm | A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound
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| Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds within a line or sentence.
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| Exaggeration | A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.
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