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“Life Can Be Funny” [online article] (handout) NONFICTION
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“Brer Rabbit and Brer Lion” [folktale] (pg. 575)
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“The Ransom of Red Chief” [short story] (page 579) FICTION
 “Brer Possum’s Dilemma” [folktale] (pg. 597)
 “Thanksgiving: A Meal without Forks and Other Feast Facts” [web page] (pg. 137) NONFICTION
 “Walking with Living Feet” [student essay] (pg. 463) NONFICTION
 The Diary of Anne Frank [the play] (pg. 364) DRAMA
 “A Tragedy Revealed: A Heroine’s Last Days” [magazine article] (pg. 443) NONFICTION
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“Camp Harmony” from Nisei Daughter [autobiography] (pg. 468) NONFICTION
 “In Response to Executive Order 9066” [poem] (pg. 475) POETRY
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“Ms. Flowers” [autobiography] (pg. 185) NONFICTION
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“Homeless” [essay] (handout) NONFICTION
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“The Medicine Bag” [short story] (pg. 759) FICTION
You are responsible for understanding each of the following as well as maintaining this terms list. You may also be required to add concepts to the list.
1 . Context Clues: hints or clues as to the meaning of an unfamiliar word
2. Connotative meaning of a word: the meaning of the word as it is used in the sentence
3. Denotative meaning of a word: the dictionary definition of a word
4. Character: a person or an animal in a story, a play, or another literary work.
5. Plot: the sequence of events in a story.
6. Conflict: the problem in the story
7. Internal Conflict: the struggle or problem within a character.
8. External Conflict: the struggle or problem that a character has with an opposing force.
9. Characterization: the way a writer reveals the personality of a character
10. Climax: the turning point of the story; the point that creates the greatest suspense or interest
11. Resolution: the final part of a story
12. Setting: the time and place in which events occur in a story
13. Exposition: beginning of the plot; introduces the characters, setting, and the conflict(s
14. Subplot: a minor plot that relates in some way to the main story
15. Exaggeration: (Hyperbole) a literary device used for overstating something, usually for the purpose of creating a comic effect
16. Allusion: a reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, the arts, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, or science.
17. Figurative Language/Figure of Speech: a word/phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood as literally true.
18. Idiom: an expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of the word.
19. Irony: a contrast between expectation and reality.
20. Verbal Irony: involves a contrast between what is said or written and what is really meant.
21. Dramatic Irony: occurs when the reader knows something a character doesn’t know
22. Situational Irony: occurs when what happens is very different from what we expected would happen.
23. Foreshadowing: the use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot.
24. Conclusion: a final idea or judgment that you draw, or come to, after you’ve considered all the evidence.
25. Inference: a guess based on clues.

26. Compare: to look at how two or more things are similar.
27. Contrast: to look at how two or more things are different.
28. Prediction: a guess about what will happen next.
29. Cause: the reason that an action or reaction takes place.
30. Effect: the result or consequence of the cause.
31. Genre: type of literature
32. Fiction: a prose account that is made up rather than true
33. Nonfiction: prose writing that deals with real people, things, events, and places.
34. Short Story: a short fictional prose narrative
35. Symbol: a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond it as well
36. Article: a short informational text about a topic
37. Statistic: facts in number form
38. Examples: specific instances that illustrate reasons or facts
39. Anecdotes: brief stories, such as personal experiences
40. Opinion: a belief, feeling, or thought about a topic; it cannot be proven
41. Reason: it answers the question “why?” about a proposed statement
42. Theme: the general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals
43. Dialogue: conversation between two or more characters
44. Main Idea: the writer’s most important point, opinion, or message
45. Pun: a play on the multiple meanings of a word or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings
46. Dialect: A way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain geographical area or a certain group of people
47. Autobiography: a person’s account of his or her own life or of part of it