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List #4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Author's Purpose | why an author writes. EX: persuade, inform, explain, entertain |
| Climax | the most important part of a story |
| Conclusion | the final event in a story |
| Dialogue | what is being spoken |
| Duplicate | exactly like something else |
| Fantasy | a genre that has magical elements |
| Introduction | the beginning of the story, where we learn the characters and the problem |
| Line Break | empty space between lines of poetry |
| Narrator | a person who narrates something, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative system |
| Poetry | a type of literature that can have stanzas, line breaks, meter/rhythm, and/or rhyme |
| Realistic Fiction | a story that is fiction, but it could really happen |
| Resolution | how the story ended, tied up |
| Stanza | groups of lines in poetry, like a paragraph |
| Slicker | a raincoat made of smooth material |
| Timid | showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened |