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| flat characters | are minor characters who do not tend to undergo emotional change or growth. |
| round characters | they are characters that are often characters who are dynamic and seem like real human beings. |
| objective point of view | 3rd person narrator presents characters and their actions without personally judging those actions. |
| subjective point of view | 1st person narrator tends to express their personal feelings. |
| foreshadowing | the technique of hinting about an event that will occur later in the story. |
| patterns | the repetition of things Example: square, triangle, square, triangle |
| categorizing | dividing things in groups to what they have in common. |
| conclusion | the end or final part |
| author's tone | a writer?s attitude toward his o her subject |
| positive tone | joyful, cheerful, hopeful, excited, proud |
| negative tone | fearful, angry, bored, sarcastic |
| neutral tone | doesn't show strong feelings one way or another |
| narrator | the one telling the story. |
| rising action | the main character tries to solve the problem, which becomes more complicated. |
| falling action | the characters feel the effects of the climactic events. |
| stanza | sometimes in poetry, the lines are written into groups. |
| rhyme | repetition of identical or similar sounds |
| rhythm | the beat of a poem |
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words that imitate their meaning with their sound |
| characters | A person, animal or imaginary creature that takes part in the action of a story. |
| characterization | development of characters in fiction |
| content | the essential meaning of a story or poem. (what is it about) |
| draw conclusion | to make a decision or form an opinion after considering the facts from the text. |
| flashback | an interruption in the present action of a story to flash backwards and tell what happened at an earlier time. |
| generalization | a conclusion made using information from the story. |
| graphic organizer | any illustration, chart, table, diagram, map, etc. used to help interpret information about the text. |
| irony | the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning, the words say one thing but mean another. |
| origin | where the word came from (originated) |
| short story | usually revolves around a single idea and is short enough to be read in one sitting |
| novel | much longer reading and more complex |
