The events that happen in the beginning, middle, and end of a story.

Conversations characters have with each other.

A problem or struggle that happens inside a character's mind or heart.

A problem or struggle between a character and something outside of them.

The speaker or voice telling a story

The narrator is a character inside the story and uses words like I, me, my, and we.

The narrator is outside the story and uses words like he, she, they, them.

Compare two unlike things using words such as or like as.

Metaphor compares two unlike things without using the words like or as.

Words that appeal to the five senses and/or language that allows the reader to create mental images.

language used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true.

The emotional or cultural meaning a word suggests beyond its dictionary definition.

The exact dictionary meaning of a word

The central message that runs throughout a story.

The introduction to the story that usually reveals the setting, the major characters, and the conflict.

The major events that develop the plot and lead to the climax

The event that is the turning point in the story, at which the conflict is usually resolved

The events that begin to conclude the story and lead to the ending

The events that conclude the story and reveal its message.

Giving human characteristics or traits to an animal or non living thing

The reader's own interpretation of what is happening within a story. This goes beyond the surface-level of the text, and can include the reader's personal opinions.

The secondary plot that happens along with the main plot.

A type of figurative language that makes an exaggerated statement which is not meant to be taken literally.

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Vocabulary

Term	Definition
Plot	The events that happen in the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
Setting	The time and place of a story.
Dialogue	Conversations 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 speaker or voice telling a story
First person P.O.V.	The narrator is a character inside the story and uses words like I, me, my, and we.
Third person P.O.V.	The narrator is outside the story and uses words like he, she, they, them.
Simile	Compare two unlike things using words such as or like as.
Metaphor	Metaphor compares two unlike things without using the words like or as.
Sensory details	Words that appeal to the five senses and/or language that allows the reader to create mental images.
Figurative language	language used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true.
Connotation	The emotional or cultural meaning a word suggests beyond its dictionary definition.
Denotation	The exact dictionary meaning 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 that develop the plot and lead to the climax
Climax	The event that is the turning point in the story, at which the conflict is usually resolved
Falling action	The events that begin to conclude the story and lead to the ending
Resolution	The events that conclude the story and reveal its message.
Foreshadowing	Warning of a future event
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 the 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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