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Literature
Mid-term Vocab. Words
Term | Definition |
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setting | when and where the story takes place |
characterization | physical features, attributes, etc. |
foreshadowing | points to an event that is yet to come |
theme | lessoned learned |
Point of View | perspective; relationship with the narrator or the character in the story |
plot | main "story" in the narrative |
rising action | problems rising to the major conflict of a novel/story |
irony | something you think will happen and something else happens |
mood | feeling the author gives the character |
climax | main conflict in a story |