a character, symbol, story pattern, or other element that is common to human experience across cultures and that occurs frequently in literature, myth, and folklore.

descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures in a reader’s mind.

words that describe a character, a setting, an event, etc.

circumstances or facts that surround a particular event or situation.

the time and place in which a narrative occurs.

the perspective from which a story is told.

a character tells the story from his or her own perspective.

a struggle between opposing forces, either internal or external.

ways images can be used to convey narration.

the overall emotion, which is created by the author’s language and tone and the subject matter.

the leading character or a major character in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story.

writing or speech primarily intended to convey information or to explain

a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.

the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something

the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.

a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization

noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition

expressing or covering much in few words

any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source,

tyle of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words

the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression

the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning

a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.

a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language

a word opposite in meaning to another

a factor related to or dependent upon other factors

the absence or opposite of something that is actual, positive, or affirmative

a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms

a subject for a composition or essay.

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Term	Definition
Archetype	a character, symbol, story pattern, or other element that is common to human experience across cultures and that occurs frequently in literature, myth, and folklore.
imagery	descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures in a reader’s mind.
details	words that describe a character, a setting, an event, etc.
context	circumstances or facts that surround a particular event or situation.
setting	the time and place in which a narrative occurs.
point of view	the perspective from which a story is told.
First person P.O.V	a character tells the story from his or her own perspective.
third person P.O.V	A narrator tells the story
conflict	a struggle between opposing forces, either internal or external.
visual technique	ways images can be used to convey narration.
mood	the overall emotion, which is created by the author’s language and tone and the subject matter.
protaganist	the leading character or a major character in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.
plot	main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story.
exposition	writing or speech primarily intended to convey information or to explain
rising action	a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.
climax	the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something
falling action	the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.
resolution	a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization
epic	noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition
concise	expressing or covering much in few words
tone	any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source,
diction	tyle of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words
denotation	the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression
connotation	the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning
nuance	a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
synonym	a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language
antonym	a word opposite in meaning to another
function	a factor related to or dependent upon other factors
negation	the absence or opposite of something that is actual, positive, or affirmative
allegory	a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms
coherence	logical interconnection
thesis	a subject for a composition or essay.

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