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Lit Mid Term Flashcards

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Historical fiction

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Takes place in the past (historical time period) and references real historical people, places, or events.

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Realistic fiction

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Contains events and characters that could happen in real life

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Fantasy

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Contains magical or supernatural, characters and items

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Science fiction

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Imaginative story about science technology space or the future

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Biography

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A retelling of a real persons life written by someone else

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Thematic idea

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One word/phrase the writer wants people to think about, explore, and understand while reading

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Setting

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When and where the story takes place

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Protagonist

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The main character

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Antagonist

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The character who works or struggles against the main character

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Characterization

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The ways the writer creates and develops a character to bring them life

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Simile

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A comparison of to things using “like” or “as”

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Metaphor

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A direct comparison stating that one thing is something else

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Foreshadowing

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Clues or hints about what will happen later in the story

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Flashback

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Retelling events that already happened in the past

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Plot

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A sequence of events

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Exposition

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The beginning of a story that introduces the setting and characters

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Rising action

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The part of the story when th conflict is introduced and becomes intense

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Climax

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The highest emotional point of the story

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Falling action

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All of the events that occur as a result of the climax

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Resolution

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The ending

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External conflict

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A conflict a character has with another character or out side force

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Internal conflict

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A conflict a character has inside his or her self

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Point of view

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Perspective from witch a story was told

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Third point of view

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The narrator is not part of the story but knows and reveals characters’ thoughts and feelings

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First person point of view

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The narrator is part of the story

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Boy called bat

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Elana k. Arnold novel realistic fiction

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The lion the witch and the wardrobe

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C.S Lewis novel fantasy

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Save me a seat

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Gita varadarjan and Sarah weeks novel realistic fiction

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The fun they had

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Isaac Asimov short story science fiction

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The circuit

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Francisco Jimenez short story realistic fiction

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Esperanza rising

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Pam Munoz Ryan novel historical fiction

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Harvesting hope

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Kathleen krill nonfiction biography

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Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening

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Robert frost poem

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