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| figurative language | writing that has a meaning beyond what's literally written |
| idiom | an expression that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words |
| plot | all the events which make up the story |
| exposition | part of PLOT, beginning of story where character and setting are revealed |
| setting | time and place for the action of the story |
| character | person in the story |
| characterization | creation of characters using any of 6 methods |
| point of view | perspective from which a story is told |
| first person | story is told by a character within the action (I, me, my) |
| third person | story is told by someone outside the action (he, she) |
| rising action | part of PLOT, series of events leading up to the climax, driven by conflict |
| conflict | main problems or struggles in a story, drives the rising action |
| internal conflict | struggle within the heart or mind of the character |
| external conflict | clash of outside forces |
| fiction | writing about people and events that are the product of an author’s imagination |
| short story | a work of fiction, intended to be read at one sitting, which produces a single major effect |
| climax | part of PLOT, the most intense and exciting part of a story, the conflict has reached its peak |
| falling action | part of PLOT, events following the climax where the tension releases and the story begins to close |
| resolution | part of PLOT, ending of a story where loose ends are tied up |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis |
| imagery | words and phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses |
| simile | a direct comparison of two unlike things that have some quality in common using the words “like” or “as” |
| metaphor | an indirect comparison of two unlike things that have something in common without using the words like or as |
| personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object or idea |
| onomatopoeia | words that sound like what they represent |
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| rhyme | the repetition of identical or similar sounds |
| rhythm | a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry |
| repetition | using the same image, sound or phrase multiple times in one piece |
