| A | B |
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| autobiography | the story of the writer's life told by the writer |
| historical fiction | when real events, places, or people are incorporated into fictional or made-up stories |
| biography | a form of nonfiction in which the writer tells the life story of another person |
| personification | when non-human subjects are given human characteristics |
| science fiction | when elements of fiction and fantasy are combined with scientific fact in a story |
| foreshadowing | clues which hint to what might happen later in the story |
| genre | a division or type of literature |
| resolution | the outcome of the conflict in a plot |
| climax | the turning point or high point in the action of the plot |
| figurative language | any writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally |
| meter | a poem's rhythmical pattern |
| theme | the cnetral message, concern, or purpose of a story |
| metaphor | a direct comparison of two unlike things |
| line | a single line of a poem or play |
| rhythm | the pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables in spoken or written language |
| simile | comparing tow unlike things using like or as |
| context clues | a situation in which clues to the meaning of an unfamiliar word are provided within the writing |
| plot | a sequence in which each event results from a previous on and causes the next |
| imagery | using words or phrases to appeal to one or more of the five senses |
| point of view | the perspective from which a story is told |
