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Vocabulary Literary Terms


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PlotSequence of events in a story
CharacterA person, animal, or creature that is in a story
SettingTime and Place of a story
ThemeLesson or moral
ExpositionCharacters and Setting are introduced
ResolutionAuthor ties up loose ends
ClimaxThe problem is solved
Rising ActionThe problem is introduced
NonfictionThe places, people, and events are real
FictionA story from someone's imagination
EssayA short piece of nonfiction about one topic
BiographyA story about someone's life written by another person
AutobiographyA person writes a story about their own life
Internal ConflictA problem within a person's mind
External ConflictTwo characters get into a fight
First PersonA character within the story is telling the story
Third PersonThe narrator is not in the story
Dynamic CharacterThe character changes during the story.
Static CharacterThe character stays the same in the story.