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Definition: a sudden memory of a past event. portrayed to the reader with description and words.
in the short story ''Borders" the author uses many different flashbacks through-out the story to show why Laettita left her family and moved away

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Definition: any person, animal or being used in the story. a story will usually use a variety of different character types to make there story interesting
Olemaun is the protagonist in her story and is a round and dynamic character. she fights for what she believes in, stands up to her oppressors and gets through her experience in residential schools. she becomes almost lifelike through her story, we relate to her in many different ways and feel for her experience.

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Definition: a state of mental apprehension where the reader awaits an outcome, event or decision.
in the short story ''Never Stop On The Motorway'' there are many different examples of suspense in the story like when the black van is following Diana's car. the author builds the suspense by making us think Diana has shook the van off her tail, it comes right back. the build is slow making the story very suspenseful.

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Definition: foreshadowing is when the author drops a subtle hint or hints about what is going to happen later in the plot
in the short story ''Never Stop On The Motorway'' the author states that '' the sound of a police siren could be heard in the distance.'' this hints to the reader that the man with a knife was arrested and taken away without actually stating that it happened

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Definition: the mood of a story is the vibe or feeling the story gives you using words and definitions. giving you an emotional connection to the story and the characters
in the short story ''never Stop on the Motorway'' the author makes a setting where you are attached to the main character and don't want anything bad to happen to her. you wonder whos chasing her who the killer is? everything makes you route for the main character and hope that she survives.

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Definition: the main events of the novel organized to continue the story line
in the short story ''Fatty Legs'' Olemaun a young first nations girl attends residential schools for the first time. we first see here with her people begging her father to go to the school because she does not know what awaits her their. then Olemaun is allowed to go to the school and learns first hand how bad the schools are to young first nations children. with harsh, unjust punishments and cruel ultimatums, Olemaun grows to hate the school. Olemaun has many chances to speak out but is silenced by the Raven. the cruel head nun. After many months of torturing school Olemaun reaches her breaking point when she is given a pair of bread red, thick stockings. the girls give her the nickname fatty legs. Olemaun devises and executes a plan to get rid of the stockings forever and it works. When Olemaun returns home she is seen as different, an outcast almost. Olemaun perseveres though, even going back to the school in the end to help her cousins make it through.

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Definition: the setting is the time and place that the story takes place.
there is also the emotional setting which affects the mood of the story
in the short story ''To Build A Fire'' the author portrays the frigid tundra with amazing visuals of ice and snow. the snow covered landscape looks cold and barren, exactly what that time period (1896) covers.

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Definition: when events or the actions of a character have the exact opposite result than the one intended
In the short story ''The Necklace'' Mathilde longs to be treated like a royalty with dreams of ''silent antechambers'' and ''oriental tapestries''
she longs to not have to work for anything. then when the ball invite comes she gets all the money from her husband and has to borrow a necklace from her friend. she works for nothing. then she is taught her lesson when she looses said necklace and has to pay for a new necklace. she ends up working for a long time to pay back the debt she owes. only to find out that the original necklace was a replica and she didn't have to work as hard as she did.

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Definition: a figure of speech giving something another meaning than its actual meaning
in the short story ''Borders'' the title is actually symbolic through out the story it is clear that laetita is being discriminated against for her race and she is not allowed to go one way or the other when it comes to crossing the borders. the title is symbolic of the places minorities are stuck in in society. they cant go one way or the other

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Definition: A reference to something well known in order to make a connection in the readers mind.
In the short story ''Never Stop On The Motorway'' there is reference to ''a cat that had crossed the for the tenth time'' this is in reference to the common belief that cats have nine lives , but this cat has crossed over for the tenth time symbolizing that the cat has finally died over the course of its nine lives.

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Definition: point of view is from whose view the story is told. there are three main points of view. first person, second person and third person.
one type I noticed was in the short story ''Borders'' the story is written in first person, but when Laetitia is having conversations with her mother the point of view changes to a third person point of view

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Definition: the reasons behind the way someone acts or does something for.
In the story ''The Necklace'' Mathilde is highly motivated to return the lost possession to her friend as fast as possible. her motivation keeps her going and in swift time she buys a new necklace.

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Definition: language that is very descriptive and paints a picture in the readers mind.
In the story ''The Necklace'' there is one great example of this when Mathilde gets to the dance and she begins dancing with everyone. it is exclaimed that she is "drunk with pleasure'' and that she was dancing ''madly'' and ''ecstatically'' this truly shows how Mathilde was feeling that night, how she longed for attention and to be the centre of attention

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Definition: personal or human qualities given to something non living.
in the story ''The Necklace'' the cabs were ''ashamed to show there shabbiness during the day.''
this is an example of personification as a cab can not feel ashamed or hide its appearance. it is directly being given the human qualities by the author

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a metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a hidden or implied comparison between two things with common characteristics.
in the short story ''Two Islands'' 'Graynel moved at the pace of the shipping timetables, factory clocks and the traffic lights.'' this shows how Graynel isn't an island anymore, its a city, a well oiled machine. It shows how Graynel has been completely industrialized.

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Definition: a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared.
in the short story ''Never Stop On The Motorway'' the author tells us ''the pinstriped pedestrians, who, like worker ants, were hurrying towards the nearest hole in the ground.'' this example of a simile is particularly strong as it compares the pedestrians to a busy working ant-colony all trying to reach there final place quickly and routing around each other as best they can.

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Definition: the theme is the message the story is trying to convey to the reader.
in the short story ''Fatty Legs'' the theme is the horrible things that the residential schools did to the first nations children, as well as never forgetting your identity and how these schools impacted the first nations youth and community