Carly Hanks
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BarwiseEnglish8 on March 19, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Antagonist | one who opposes another;opposes main character(protag |
| Authir's purpose | reason an author writes a text; persuade, inform, entertain, share |
| chronological order | arranged in or according to order of times or events |
| compare | to represent as similar |
| contrast | to show differences |
| deduce | to draw (an inevitable conclusion) from known facts(infer) |
| dialogue | a conversation between two or more persons |
| false assumption | false - not true; assumption - the supposition that something is true |
| flashback | an interruption in a work that takes a story to an earlier event |
| foreshadfowing | to give a hint of beforehand |
| idiom | an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its seprate words |
| infer | conclusion from facts; guess |
| main idea | what the text is mostly about |
| metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things not using 'like' or 'as' |
| mood | the emotions felt by the reader |
| narrator | one who is telling the story |
| personification | a figure a of speech in which a lifeless object or abstract quality is spoken of if alive |
| persuade | to win over a belief; convince |
| plot | the main story of a literary work |
| point of view | a way of thining about looking at things |
| propaganda | spreading of ideas, information, or rumpor for the purpose of helping a cause |
| protagonist | one who take the leading part ina drama, novel, or story |
| resolution | the point in literary work at which a cheif dramatic compication is worked out |
| setting | the time and place of the action of the [story] |
| simile | a figure speech in which things deifferent in a kind or quality are compared by the use of the words 'like' or 'as' |
| summary | expressing covering or the main points briefly |
| sympolize | (see symbol); something that stands for somehting else |
| theme | central message of the story |
| tone | author's attitude about a text |
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