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| First Person Point of View | one of the characters is telling his or her own story, using the pronouns "I", "us", "me" and "we" |
| Internal Conflict | a problem that is inside the character's mind; he or she has a decision to make or is struggling with what to do |
| Foreshadowing | clues or hints suggesting events that will occur later in the story |
| Short Story | a short fictional prose narrative that usually takes up 10-20 pages and is limited compared to a novel |
| Exposition | the introduction of a story, telling who, when and where |
| Resolution | the final part of a story after the main problem has been solved |
| Major Characters | characters in the story who either help to solve the problem or complicate the problem |
| Static Character | a character that stays the same throughout the course of the story |
| Theme | a main idea of a story expressed in a sentence that tells what the main character or the reader learned through the course of the story |
| Informational | books that only give facts on a variety of topics |
| Third Person Point of View | the narrator tells the story and focuses on the thoughts and feelings of one character |
| Climax | the point of the story when the main conflict is solved |
| Main Character | a character in the story who has the biggest problem to solve |
| Complications | situations that arise to make it difficult to solve the problem |
| Dynamic Character | a character who changes his/her outlook on life in the course of the story |
| Setting | the time and place of a story |
| External Conflict | a character's problem with some outside source |
| Imagery | pictures created through the use of descriptive words, sensory words or figurative language |
| Flashback | an interruption in the present action of a story that explains what happened at an earlier time |
| Dialogue | conversation between two or more people |
| Plot | a series of related events that make up a story |
| Prose | ordinary writing using sentences and paragraphs |
| Story Mountain | also known as a plot diagram, it contains the exposition, conflict, complications, climax, and resolution of a story |
| Novel | a fictional prose narrative of considerable length, with a plot that unfolds by the actions, speech and thoughts of the characters |
| Fiction | a story that is made up |
| Nonfiction | a story that is true |
| Genre | categories into which literary works are sorted |
| Realistic Fiction | stories that could happen in modern times |
| Historical Fiction | stories that could have happened in particular times in the past |
| Biography | the factual story of a person's life |
| Autobiography | a person writes his/her own story |
| Fantasy | a story with elements that are not realistic like talking animals and magic |
| Science Fiction | a story that blends fact and fiction with futuristic technology |
| Poetry | a piece of literature written in verse or meter, often including rhyme and rhythm |
