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Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Plot | The events that happens at the beginning, middle, and end of the story. |
| Setting | The time and place of the 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 that happens outside a character's mind or heart. |
| Narrator | The person or voice telling the story. |
| First person P.O.V | The narrator is a character inside the story and uses words like I,me,my,we. |
| Third person P.O.V | The narrator is outside the story and uses words like he,she ,they ,them. |
| Figurative language | Language used in a imaginative 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 to the five senses and/or language that allows the reader to create mental images. |
| Connotation | The feelings,ideas, or emotion a word makes you think of. |
| Denotation | The exact, dictionary definition of a word. |
| 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. |
| Theme | The Central message that runs throughout a story. |
| Foreshadowing | Clues or hints in a story of events that will happen later in the plot. |
| 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 this 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 |
| Non-Fiction | A Type of writing that is based on real events and real people. |
| Central Idea | The main message a writer wants the reader to understand from the text |
| Memoir | A form of narrative writing, written from the perspective of the author, about an important time in their life. |
| Thesis statement | A sentence in the introduction of an essay that states the writers position or opinion on the topic of the essay |