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| fiction | literature that tells of imaginary places or events |
| nonfiction | literature that tells about real people, places or events |
| story elements | character, setting, plot, theme |
| poetry | literature that often uses few words to express ideas, images or feelings |
| characterization | the way a writer creates and develops a character's personality |
| theme | what the author is trying to tell the reader |
| point of view | the perspective from which the story is told |
| setting | the time and place in which a story takes place |
| genres | fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama |
| myth | a traditional story on how something came to be (usually has gods or humans with supernatural powers) |
| realistic fiction | literature that tells about imaginary people, place or events that could be real |
| science fiction | fiction that is based on real or scientific developments; the setting is usually in the future or another planet |
| metaphor | a comparison between two unlike things that does not use the words like or as |
| simile | a comparison between two unlike things that does use the words like or as |
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of the words |
| personification | when non-living things are given human characteristics |
| imagery | referring to one or more of the five senses in poetry |
| rhyme | a repetition of sounds at the ends of words either within lines or at the ends of lines |
| hyperbole | makes exaggerated comparisons for effect; extreme exaggeration |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words whose sounds make you think of their meanings (examples pop and buzz) |
| evidence | a witness statement or object that is used a proof in a crime |
| suspect | a person who people think committed a crime |
| alibi | the excuse that an accused person uses to show that he/she was somewhere other than at the scene of a crime |
| crime | an act committed in violation of the law |
| sleuth | another name for a detective |
| witness | someone who saw something happen |
| motive | the reason that causes a person to do something or act in a certain way |
| victim | someone who is harmed or suffers some loss |
