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Vocabulary

TermDefinition
Plot The events that happen in the beginning,middle, and end of a story
Settings The time and place of a story
Dialogue Conversations character have with each other.
Internal conflict A problem or struggle that happens inside a characters mind or heart.
External conflict A problem or struggle between a character and something outside of them.
Narrotor The person or voice telling a story.
First person POV The narrator is a character in inside the story 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 imaginative way to express ideas that are not litterely true.
Simile compares two unlike things using words such as like or as.
Metaphor. metaphor compares two unlike things without using words like or as.
Exposition The introduction to the story that usually revales the setting,the major characters, and the conflict.
Rising action The major events that develop the plot and lead to the climax.
Climax The events 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.
Sensory details Words that appeal to the 5 senses and/or language that allows the reader to create mental images.
Connotation The feelings,idea,or emotion a word makes you think of.
Denotation The exact, dictionary definition of a word.
Theme The central message that runs throughout the story.
Personification Giving humans characteristics or traits to a animal or a non living thing.
Hyperbole A type of figurative language that makes a exaggerated statement which is not meant to be taken literally
Commentary The readers own interpretation of what is happening within a story. This goes beyond the surface level of the text and can include the readers personal opinions.
Subplot The secondary plot that happens along the main plot.
Foreshadow Warning of a future event.
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