Vocab For Mag

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plot

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the arrangement of events in a narrative or dramatic work. When two story lines are deveiloped in equal length, the work is said to have a double plot. When one story line dominates the other, the latter is said to be the subplot

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What is going on??

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exposistion

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intended primarily to inform, this rhetorical mode can take a variety of forms, such as classification, definition, process analysis, comparison/contrast, and cause and effect

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what happened here?!

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inciting event

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inciting- to cause or to stir up
inciting events- events that occur to form the problem or conflict in the story

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You wanna start something? Huh? Do ya punk?

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conflict

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an aspect of plot that concerns the tensions between opposing forces. Conflicts esist within characters, between or among characters, and between characters and such forces as nature, society, and the cosmos.

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Lets go!

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internal conflict

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a conflict within the character, this can be mental or emotional

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I'm not okay, I promise

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external conflict

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a conflict with another character or element. this conflict can be seen by others

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Kerrrrrrr-smacked

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rising actions

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events that occur as the story progresses that become more important; events leading up to the climax

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Wanna get crunk before the fight?

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climax

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the point in a narrative or play at which a crisis is reached and a resolution is achieved; climatic events must happen between the protagonist and antagonist

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.... I really wanna put something perverted here... I hope you can guess what it is. Cause I'm not putting it

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falling actions

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the events that follow the climax and lead to the denouement in a work of fiction or drama

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I hope you can guess what I wanna put for this one too

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resolution or denouement

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a final part in which everything is made clear and no questions or surprises remain

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No, thats it, period, end of conversation

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protagonist

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the most important character in a novel, play, story, or other literary work

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Center stage baby!

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antagonist

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a major character in a book, play, or movie whose values or behavior are in conflict with those of the protagonist or hero; can be more than one character or event in nature

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Dun dun dun, da- villian

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allegory

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a work in which the characters and events are to be understood as representing other things and symbolically expressing a deeper, often spiritual, moral, or political meaning

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That's what you got out of "I love you"?

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symbol

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something that stands for or represents something else, especially an object representing an abstraction; a written or printed sign or character that represents something in a particular context

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SYMBOLISM! Sex is spelled in the stars in the Lion King!

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First person narration

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a character in the story; he or she narrates the story from "inside" the world of the story.

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"I saw you two together!" I cried!

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third person narrator

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tells us about events which happen to someone else, someone who is a character in the story.

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And Whatshisface hits a double to the left field but it is caught by So-and-so

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third person limited narration

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can only tell the thoughts of one character; not a character in the story

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And Geroge thinks he will make this shot

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third person Omniscient

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knowing or seeming to know everything

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Jesus knows all... everything, ever invented

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thrid person limited Omniscient narration

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narrator also sees the action of the story from an "external" perspective--he or she is not a character in the story but simply a voice which tells us about the characters

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Yaaaay! I couldn't think of an example for this one

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literal

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exactly following the order or meaning of an original word or text

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And then he literally picked me up!

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Figurative

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using or containing a nonliteral sense of a word or words

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He swept me off my feet

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connotavtive

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the implying or suggesting of an additional meaning for a word or phrase apart from the explicit meaning

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And then we... well, you know.

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denotative

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Specific or direct

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They kissed! Okay! Gosh dang it!

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internal monologue

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an extended passage in a story or novel that expresses what a character is thinking and feeling.

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'I hope no one can hear what I'm thinking'

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satire

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the use of wit, especially irony, sarcasm, and ridicule, to attack the vices and follies of humankind

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Not the brightest crayon in the box, now are we?

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motif

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an important and sometimes recurring theme or idea in a work of literature.

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Phone, phone, phone, shoes, phone, phone, phone, bofriend, shoes, phone, phone

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theme

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a subject of a discourse, discussion, piece of writing, or artistic composition

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"Is it going to be Nick at Night themed again this year?"-Whatsherface or Homestarrunner.com's teen girl squad

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feud

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a bitter prolonged violent quarrel or state of hostility between families, clans, or other groups

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Who wants to play family feud with me?

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interloper

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somebody who enters a place or joins a group or gathering without any right to do so

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"So hey, you should probably turn here..."
"I know, I know"
"Oh by the way, you missed the exit back there"

Back seat drivers are not loved

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implied resolution

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involved, understood, or suggested without expressly being stated

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"It was...*long pause* okay?"

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interprestive essay

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an essay relating to, involving, or providing an analysis or explanation of something

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I think this means this because of this

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thesis

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an unproved statement, especially one serving as a premise in an argument; all thesises must be clear, arugable, and appropriately qualified

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if this then this

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ironic

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relating to a type of humor based on using words to suggest the opposite of their literal meaning

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vocab word, you should know this one!

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rite of passage

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n event or act that marks a significant transition in a human life

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You are no longer innocent to the ways of the Jedi

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foreshadowing

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to indicate or suggest something, usually something unpleasant, that is going to happen

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well there was a big black clock that stopped... and then she died

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naturalism

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a belief that all religious truth is derived from nature and natural causes, and not from revelation

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The sea is not out to get you!!