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| plot | sequence of related events in a story |
| exposition | setting is established, characters are introduced and the mood is set |
| setting | the time and place |
| compare | how things are the same |
| protagonist | central character or hero |
| antagonist | person or force working agains the protagonist |
| rising action | events in a story that move the plot forward |
| conflict | the problem or struggle, can be internal or external |
| climax | major turning point |
| falling action | after climax, conflicts are resolved |
| resolution | after the falling action |
| theme | life lesson or moral |
| characterization | ways characters are developed |
| foreshadowing | hints that suggest future events |
| memoir | tells about a specific event or time in a person's life |
| mood | feeling or atmosphere the writer creates |
| biography | story about a person's life written by someone else |
| autobiography | story about a person's life they wrote themself |
| contrast | how things are different |
| tone | attitude writer takes toward the subject |
| imagery | words that form pictures in your mind |
| dialogue | words that characters speak in a story |
| genre | kind, type of something |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| onomatopoeia | the word makes it's own sound, buzz |
| fiction | story that is made up |
| point of view | 1st, 2nd, 3rd person |
| alliteration | same beginning sound of words |
| external conflict | man vs. society, man vs. man, man vs. world |
| personification | giving human qualities to animals or things |
| analogy | making comparisons to explain an idea |
| connotation | the emotions associated with a word |
| anecdote | short related story |
| internal conflict | man vs. self |
| genre | type or kind of somthing |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
