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vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| plot | the events that happen in the beginning middle,and end of a story |
| selting | the time and the place of a story |
| dialogue | conversation characters have with each other |
| internal | 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 |
| narrator | the person or voice telling a story |
| first person POV | the narrator is a character inside the story and uses words like, them. |
| third person POV | the narrator is outside the story and uses words like he,she,they,them |
| figurative language | language used in a imagingtive way to express ideas that are not literally true |
| simile | compares two unlike things useing words such as like or as . |
| metaphor | metaphor compares two unlike things |
| sensory details | words that appeal to the five |
| Exposition | the introduction to the story that useally reveals the setting the major ch |
| 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 |
| connotation | the feelings,ideas,or emotions a word makes you think of. |
| denotation | the literal, dictionary definition of a word. |
| Non fiction | a type of writing that is based on real events and real people. |
| rising action | the major events that develop the plot and lead to the climax |
| central idea | the main message a writer wants readers to understand from a 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 writer's position or opinion on the topic of the essay |