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| theme | the main message of a story |
| setting | time and place |
| plot | the chain of events in a story |
| conflict | the struggle between characters or forces in a story |
| novel | a long work of fiction |
| short story | a work of fiction that can be read in one sitting |
| fiction | a story that comes from the author's imagination |
| nonfiction | writing that deals with real people, places, and events |
| climax | the turning point of a story |
| resolution | the final part of the story where loose ends are tied up |
| ambivalence | the feeling of simultaneous but contradictory emotions towards something |
| motivation | the reason behind a character's behavior |
| awkward | to be confusing or hard to understand |
| empathy | to identify with a character (know how they feel) |
| atmosphere | the prevailing emotional tone of a literary work |
| allusion | a reference to something previously known or learned |
| conventions | standard spelling, punctuation, paragraphing, grammar, capitalization, and usage |
| simile | comparison using "like" or "as" |
| dynamic character | a character that changes in a story |
| caricature | an exaggeration of prominent features of appearance or character |
| parable | a brief tale that is told to teach a moral or religous lesson |
| aside | a speech given by a character on stage that reveals his thoughts |
| soliloquy | a speech given by a character alone on stage that reveals his thoughts |
| sonnet | a 14 line poem ending with a rhyming couplet |
