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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| dialogue | the words spoken between characters in literary writing |
| autobiography | an acount of a person's life witten or told by that person |
| narrative | writing that tells a fiction or nofiction story |
| chronoiogical order | time order, when the order of events is told from first to last or last to first |
| first person point of view | narrator takes place in the action and events of the story |
| first person pronouns | I, me, my, we, our |
| flashback | when a story goes back in time |
| foreshadowing | hints or clues to let the reader know what will happen later |
| irony | when the reader thought would happen, doesn't; a twist or fate |
| monologue | when one character speaks either to the audience or to himself durning a play |
| mood | the emotional feeling an author creates through his writing |
| dramatic irony | when the reader knows more than the characters do |
| plot | the action and events resulting in the climax and resolution of the conflict |
| problem | the conflict to be resolved |
| prose | written and spoken lauguage used by people |
| reflection | to look back and laern from the past so that we can grow and change |
| setting | the time and place of literature |
| theme | the main idea of the story |
| verbal irony | what the character says is not what it means |
| biography | an account of a persons life written or told by another person |
| genre | types of writing: fiction, non-fiction, drama, memoir |
| second person point of view | when the narrator speaks directly to the reader |
| second person pronoun | you |
| analyze | to break something apart so you can understand the whole |
| cause/effect | because one event happens, another event follows |
| compare/contrast | similarities and differences |
| deduce | take away everything you know something can't be, so your left with the right answer or solution |
| inference | an educated guess;coming up with an answer when all the information isn't present |
| persuasive | writing intended to have someone take side or act a certain way |
| summarize | to tell the main points or ideas of a passage |
| support | give examples, details, reasons |