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LA review 4 sol

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plot   events in story  
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setting   where/when story takes place  
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character   who story is about  
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antagonist   villan  
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protagonist   hero/heroine  
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dynamic(round) character   character who changes a lot  
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static(flat) character   character who doesn't change  
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initiating event   1st event in story  
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rising action   actions that lead to conflict  
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conflict   main problem  
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internal conflict   struggle that takes place in mind  
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external conflict   struggle that takes place with someone/something else  
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complications   little problems  
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climax   exciting part of story  
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falling action   tells how problem is solved  
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resolution   end of story  
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point of view   who is telling story  
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1st person   is about narrator  
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3rd person limited   knows 1 character only  
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3rd person omniscient   all knowing  
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tone   writer's attitude toward story  
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mood   feeling reader gets  
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theme   moral/life lesson  
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auhor's purpose   why author writes story  
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sequence of events   order in which things happen  
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inference   guess based on clues  
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drama   plays-scripted  
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peotry   can be about anything  
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prose   all other writings  
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generalization   broad statement  
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valid generalization   is accepted  
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faulty generalization   is false  
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folk tales   passed down over generations  
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fables   brief stories; animals talk  
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tall tales   NOT true  
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analogy   shows things in common bet. words  
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appositive   adds details  
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main idea   topic sentence  
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plot structure   way author develops conflict  
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independent clause   IS a sentence  
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dependent clause   IS NOT a sentence  
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grabber   hooks readers  
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transitions   show how ideas are connected  
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personification   human characteristics to nonhuman things  
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alliteration   repetition of beginning sounds  
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onomatopoeia   words that make sound  
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simile   comparison using like or as  
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metaphor   comparison that doesn't use like or as  
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idiom   expression that can't be interpreted literally  
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hyperbole   VERY big exaggeration  
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cliches   common idioms(expression that can't be interpreted literally)  
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figurative language   oppo. of literal language  
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literal language   exact; no exaggeration  
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imagery   applies to readers senses  
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degrees of comparison   positive, comarative, superlative  
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adjective   describes noun  
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noun   person, place, thing  
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dialogue   conversation  
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symbolism   use of symbols to represent emotions, ideas  
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