| A | B |
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| Internal conflict | struggle between opposing forces inside of a person |
| Flashback | a scene that breaks the normal time order of the plot to show a past event |
| Foreshadowing | use of details that hint at events that will happen later in the story |
| Imagery | words that appeal to the senses to create pictures in the readers mind |
| Mood | the way the author makes the reader feel |
| Tone | the attitude the writer takes toward an audience, subject or a character |
| Irony | contrast between that is expected and what really happens |
| Personification | giving human characteristics to a nonhuman things |
| Dialogue | conversation between two or more characters |
| Dialect | the way of speaking characteristic of a particular region |
| Genre | different types of books |
| Fiction | account that is made up rather than true |
| Realistic Fiction | made up story but it could happen in real life |
| Historical Fiction | combines imaginative ideas with facts about events that happened in the past |
| Fantasy | imaginative writing that takes the reader into an invented worlda |
| Folktale | stories handed down by word of mouth over generations |
| Mystery | imaginative writing that lets the reader solve a crime usually has suspense |
| Suspense | anxious curiosity the reader feels about what will happen next |
| Cliffhanger | suspenseful ending to a chapter that makes the reader want to go on |
| Symbolism | a person, place, or event that has a meaning of its own but can stand for something else |
