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| Sonnet | a 14-line poem, single themed, in iambic pentameter |
| Limerick | a 5-line nonsense poem |
| Historical Fiction | a fictional story set in a historic time period |
| Science Fiction | fiction, dealing mostly with science, set in the distant past or future |
| Poetry | a genre of literature that emphases rhythm and sound |
| Non-Fiction | a genre of literature that is intended to be read as truth |
| Short Story | a genre of literature that is short, fiction, and in narrative form |
| Drama | a genre of literature that is written to be performed and includes stage notes and dialogue |
| Novel | a genre of literature that is long, fiction, and in narrative form |
| Epic | a long poem about a legendary hero |
| Haiku | a (Japanese) nature poem with 3 unrhymed lines |
| Inciting Incident | an event that causes conflict |
| Character | people, animals or imaginary creatures who take part in the action (major, minor)? |
| Setting | time and place |
| Conflict | a problem or struggle between opposing forces (internal, external)? |
| Climax | turning point of the story |
| Resolution | conclusion |
| Theme | why the writer wrote the story |
| Fact | statement that is accurate and true |
| Opinion | one possible interpretation of the facts or beliefs confidently held |
| Bias | writers viewpoint |
| Personification | human qualities for an animal, object or idea |
| Idiom | is informal English, an expression that cannot be understood word by word (stick to your ribs)? |
| Slang | informal English, words and phrases that are specially “made up” or adapted for use in casual speech |
| Dialogue | (drama) conversation between characters |
| Fable | teaches a simple lesson or a moral |
| Point of View | who is telling the story |
| Foreshadowing | signal that might hint at events in the future |
| Imagery | words used to create vivid sensory experiences |
| Irony | writer says one thing but means another (sarcasm)? |
| Metaphor | implied comparisons |
| Simile | a comparison that uses signal words “like or as” (her eyes shone like stars)? |
| Visualizing | forming mental pictures of things you read about |
| Allegory | a story in which people, things, and actions represent an idea or a generalization about life |
| Allusion | a reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or thing |
| Antagonist | the person or thing working against the protagonist, or hero of the work |
| Autobiography | an author’s account or story of her or his own life |
| Biography | the story of a person’s life written by another person |
| Monologue | a lengthy dramatic part in which a character is speaking about him or himself as if another person were present. The speaker’s words reveal something important about his or her character |
| Hyperbole | an expression, or overstatement |
| Flashback | going back to an earlier time (in a story) for the purpose of making something in the present clearer |
| Foreshadowing | giving hints of what is to come later in a story |
| Dramatic Irony | when the reader or the audience sees a character’s mistakes or misunderstandings, but the character him or herself does not |
| Situation Irony | a great difference between the purpose of a particular action and the result |
| Myth | a traditional story that attempts to explain a natural phenomenon or justify a certain practice or belief of a society |
| Oxymoron | a combination of contradictory terms, (as in jumbo shrimp, tough love, or cruel kindness)? |
| Parable | a short, descriptive story that illustrates a particular belief or moral |
| Parody | a form of literature intended to mock a particular literary work or it’s style; a comic effect is intended |
| Plot | the action or sequence of events in a story |
| Blank Verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| Symbol | a person, place thing, or event used to represent something else(a flag for example) |
| Tragedy | A play of high seriousness in which the protagonist, while trying to better the world, meets disaster in the end |
| Free Verse | poetry that does not have a regular meter on rhyme scheme |
| Onomatopoeia | the use of a word whose sound suggests it's meaning, as in clang, buzz, and moo |
| First Person Narrative | when a story is told through the voice of a character |
| Third Person Narrative | when a story is told through an unknown voice |
| Monologue | a dramatic device wher an actor reveals his character through a lengthy part |
| Soliloquy | a dramatic technique where lines are said aloud, as if thinking aloud |
| Epiphony | a moment of awareness |
