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Vocabulary

QuestionAnswer
Plot The events that happen in the beginning,middle, and the end of the story.
Setting The time and place of a story.
Dialogue Conversation characters have with each other.
Internal conflict A problem or struggle that happens inside a character's mind or heart.
External conflict A problem or struggle between a character and something outside of them.
Narrator The Person or voice telling a story.
First person POV The narrator is a character inside the story and uses words like I, me, my, we.
Third person POV The narrator is outside the story and uses words like he, she, they, them.
Figurative language Language used in an imaginary way to express ideas that are not literally true.
Simile compares two unlike things using words such as like or as
Metaphor metaphor compares two unlike things without using the words like or as.
Sensory details Words that appeal the five senses and/or language that allows the reader to create mental images.
Connotation The feelings, ideas, or emotions a word makes you think of.
Denotation The exact dictionary definition of a word.
Theme The central message that runs throughout a story.
Exposition The introduction to the story that usually reveals the setting, the major characters, and the conflict.
Rising Action The major events the develop the plot and lead to the climax.
Climax The event that is turning point in the story, at which the conflict is usually resolved.
Falling Action The events that happen after the climax and start to lead towards the ending.
Resolution The events that happen after the climax and start to lead towards the ending.
Personification Giving human characteristics or traits to an animal or non-living thing.
Commentary The reader's own interpretation of what is happening within a story. This goes beyond the surface-level of text, and can include the reader's personal opinions.
Subplot The secondary plot that happens along with the main plot.
Hyperbole A type of figurative language that makes an exaggerated statement which is not meant to be taken literally.
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