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| setting | where and when a story takes place |
| main character | the person who the story is about |
| symbol | something that represents something else |
| simile | a comparison that uses the words like or as |
| conflict | a fight or a difference of opinion |
| plot | the order of events in the story |
| onomatopoeia | a word that copies a sound |
| title | the name of the story |
| inner conflict | conflict in the mind of a character |
| stanza | a group of lines in a poem |
| theme | the main idea of a story |
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds |
| metaphor | a comparison that does not use the words like or as |
| narrator | the person who tells a story |
| time span | amount of time between the beginning and end of the story |
| tone | overall effect of the writing (sad, happy, suspenseful) |
| open-ended story | a story in which the reader must decide the ending |
| noun | a person, place, thing or idea |
| adjective | a word that describes a noun |
| refrain | a line or stanza that is repeated in a poem |
| atmosphere | setting used to help the reader feel the same way the character feels |
| personification | giving human traits to non-human things |
| encyclopedia | a set of books that gives information about many subjects |
| characterization | the way a person looks, talks or acts |
| motive | the reason behind a character's actions |
| dictionary | a book that lists words in alphabetical order and gives the meaning of each word |
| guide words | the first and last words found on each page in the dictionary |
| dialogue | the speech between characters |
| in context | figuring out the definition of a word by seeing how it is used in a sentence |
| moral | the lesson in a fable |
| figurative language | language that is very descriptive but is not meant to be taken literally |
| synonyms | words that have the same meaning (such as speak and talk) |
| antonyms | words that have opposite meaning (such as up and down) |
| homonyms | words that sound the same but are spelled differently (such as blue and blew) |
| character development | characters changing throughout a story |
| irony | when something happens in a story that is the opposite of what is expected |
| author's style | the way an author uses language, such as their word choice and the way they arrange sentences |
| point of view | first-person (using the words I or me) or third-person (using the words he, she or they) when telling a story |
| rhyme | the repetition of similar sounds in words (such as town and crown) |
| protagonist | the hero of a story, usually faced with a conflict, usually the main character |
| antagonist | usually the villain of the story, usually the person who creates the conflict for the main character |
| episode | an incident or an event in a story |
| verb | a word that shows action |
| adverb | a word that describes a verb |
