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Literary Elements
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Atmosphere or mood | The feeling created in the reader by an author's use of literary devices in a literary work or passage |
| Conflict | The battle between two opposing forces that moves the story along |
| Internal conflict | A conflict that occurs inside the character |
| External conflict | A conflict that occurs outside the character |
| Plot | The sequence of events in which each event results from a previous one and causes the next |
| Protagonist | The main character in the story |
| Antagonist | The character who opposes the main character |
| Science fiction | A genre that combines elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact |
| Fantasy | A genre that is highly imaginative and contains elements not found in real life such as fairies and wizards |
| Folk tales | Stories that are composed orally and passed down from person to person by word of mouth |
| nonfiction | Prose writing that tells about real events and real people |
| fiction | Prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events |
| Climax | The high point of the action in a story; the turning point |
| rising action | The events that lead up to the climax and cause the conflict to grow worse |
| falling action | the events that come after the climax in the story |
| resolution | the event(s) that round out and tie up the loose ends in a story |
| setting | the time and place of the action |
| theme | the central message or moral of a story that is universal in nature |
| Character" | A person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work |
| point of view | the perspective from which a story is told |
| first person POV | it is when the person uses the pronoun "I" |
| third person POV | it is when the person uses he, she, they, etc. |
| historical fiction | A genre that blends real life setting and events with imaginary characters |
| realistic fiction | a genre that concerns events and characters that are true to real life |
| "Two Frogs and a Milk Vat" genre | Folk tale/ traditional |
| "The Bracelet" genre | historical fiction |
| "The Emperor's New Clothes" genre | Folk tale/ traditional |
| "Dragon, Dragon" genre | Fantasy |
| "All American Slurp" genre | Realistic fiction |
| "The Dog of Pompeii" genre | Historical fiction |
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