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| Second Person Point of View | The point of view in which the narrator speaks directly to the reader. |
| Conflict | The problems in the story. Includes M vs. M, M vs. Self, and M. vs. World |
| Exposition | The point in the plot line in in which the setting and characters are introduced. |
| Hyperbole | An extreme exaggeration. |
| Metaphor | A comparison of two unlike things. |
| Irony | When the exact opposite of what you are led to expect happens. |
| First Person Point of View | The point of view in which the narrator is the character in the book. |
| Theme | The message or lesson learned in the story, based upon the resolution of conflict. |
| Idiom | Words that say something other than what it actually means. |
| Limited Third Person Point of View | The point of view in which the narrator is not in the story and only allows the reader inside the mind of one character. |
| Point of View | The position the story is written from...The narrators perspective in telling the story. |
| Simile | Comparison of two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'. |
| Onomatopoeia | The use of sounds to create meaning. |
| Protagonist | The main character in the story. |
| Narrator | Who is telling the story. |
| Genre | The category or type of writing. |
| Setting | Where and when the story takes place. |
| Author's Purpose | The reason that the author chose to write the story. |
| Flashback | A pause in the plot-line where the author takes you back in time to give you a glimpse of something in the past. |
| Third Person Omniscient | The point of view in which the author is not a character in the book, but allows the reader to be 'all-knowing' (to see inside the mind of any/all characters). |
| Personification | Giving human characteristics to an unliving thing. |
| Symbolism | When a literal object stands for or represents something larger in meaning. |
| Fiction | Writing that is made up. |
| Resolution | The part of the plot-line when all conflicts are solved and all 'the pieces' have been figured out. |
| Falling Action | The place in the plot-line where the pieces come together. |
| Rising Action | The sequence of events on the plot-line that build the plot. |
| Author's Viewpoint | The author's opinion about a topic. It is interpreted by the way the author creates the story. |
| Plot-Line | The shape the story takes. |
| Characterization | Who a person is in the book is (on the inside). To define this we observe thoughts, words, and actions to assign traits. It is not how a character feels. |
| Non-Fiction | Writing that is factual or true. |
| Mood | The feeling the author creates through word choice, figurative language, and sentence structure. |
