| A | B |
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| first person | when the narrator in a piece of writing is a participant in the action and uses the pronouns I and we |
| third person limited | the narrator stands outside the action and focuses on one character's thoughts, obervations, and feelings |
| third person omniscient | the narrator is all-knowing, objective obeservor who stands outside the action and reports what different characters are thinking |
| falling action | after the climax, it shows the effects of the climax |
| climax | the turning pointwhen the outcome of the conflict becomes clear, usually resulting in a change in the chacters or a solution to the conflict |
| rising action | the conflict becomes more intense and the suspense builds as the main characters struggle to resolve their problems |
| exposition | provides important background information and introduces setting, characters, and conflict |
| Man vs. Self | internal conflict in which the character struggles with a decision within himself |
| simile | a figure of speech that compares two things using like or as |
| imagery | descriptive words or phrases used to create sensory experiences |
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| point of view | the perspective or angle from which a piece of writing is narrated |
| allusion | an indirect reference to a person, place, event or literary work which the author believes the reader will be familar with |
| reprimand | to scold severely, especially publically |
| tempestuous | stormy |
| secondary source | this type of source presents a longer view of the event and is not the writer has not actually experienced the event that is being written about |
| primary source | firshand information of the event the writing depicts |
| prioritize | arrange in order of importance |
| deprivation | poverty, want, the act of depriving |
| mood | the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader |
| infer | figure out by reasoning |
| authorization | permission |
| substantial | very big |
| procedures | the steps needed to do something |
| Work Cited page | list of sources used to write a story, report, poem, etc |
| author's purpose | a writer writers to: inform, to entertain, to pursuade readers to do or believe something, or just to express himself/herself |
