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| narrator | the person who tells a story. |
| internal conflict | a character who is torn between his or her own opposing feelings or goal experiences |
| plot | the sequence of events in a story, novel, or play |
| description | writing that seeks to convey the impression of a stetting, a person, an animal, an object, or an event by appealing to the senses |
| narrative poetry | verse that tells a story |
| fiction | literary work with imaginary characters and events; can be short stories or novels, comes from author's imagination: prose narrative |
| short story | a brief fictional narrative in prose |
| fable | a short, simple tale that teaches a moral |
| character | a person in a literary work |
| setting | the time and place in which the events of a short story, novel, novella, or play occur |
| characterization | the methods a writer uses to develop the personality of the character |
| theme | a literary work's overall message about life or human nature |
| folk tale | a traditional story passes down orally long before being written down |
| first person point of view | the narrator is a character in the story |
| limited third person point of view | the narrator is outside the story and reveals the thoughts and feelings of only one character |
| omniscient point of view | the narrator is outside the story and may reveal any kind of information |
| cause and effect | one event or action causes another event or action |
| conflict | a struggle between two opposing forces, is usually at the center of the plot |
| external conflict | exists when a character struggles against some outside force, as another person, nature, or society |
| point of view | relationship of narrator or story teller to the story |
