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What is the definition of Author's Purpose?

What is a protagonist in a story?

8th Grade Language Arts Vocab

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What is a protagonist in a story?
The hero of the story.
The main person in a work of fiction.
A person or force working against the main character.
The villain of the story.
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What is the definition of Author's Purpose?
Overall idea of a paragraph.
Lesson Learned
Reason for or intent in writing.
Moral of the story
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Indirect Characterization
Tells the audience what the personality of the character is.
The hero of the story.
Personality revealed through speech, actions, & appearance.
Characters who are not important to the story.
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What is the definition of Main Idea?
Overall idea of a paragraph or a text.
Moral of the story.
Lessoned learned
The author's purpose of writing the story.
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What is an antagonist of a story?
The villain of a story.
The main character in a work of fiction.
A person or force working against the main character.
The hero of the story.
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Tone
The feeling that a piece of writing creates within reader.
The narrator's attitude towards the text.
The speaker's attitude towards the text.
The author's feelings towards the subject.
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What is the definition of theme in a story?
Summary
The author's purpose of writing the story.
Lesson Learned
Main Idea
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Mood
The main characters feelings in the text.
The feeling that is created within the reader.
Author's attitude towards the text
The antagonist feelings towards the main character.
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Direct Characterization
Characters that are not important in the story.
Tells the audience what the personality of the character is.
The main character in the story.
Characters personality revealed through speech or actions.