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| atmosphere | or mood, is the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage |
| alliteration | the repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| analogy | makes a comparison between two or more things that are similar in some ways but otherwise unlike |
| anecdote | brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event |
| antagonist | a character or force in conflict with a main character |
| author's purpose | his main reason for writing |
| autobiography | story of the writer's own life |
| biography | a form of nonfiction in which a wrier tells the life story of another person |
| character | a person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work |
| climax | the turning point of a story |
| conflict | a struggle between opposing forces |
| description | a portrait in words of a person, place, or object |
| dialogue | a conversation between characters |
| drama | a story written to be performed by actors |
| essay | a short nonfiction work about a particular subject |
| expository writing | writing that explains or informs |
| figurative language | a writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally |
| fiction | a prose writing that tells about imaginary characters or events |
