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vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| plot | event |
| setting | time and place |
| diologue | conversation |
| internal | a problem or struggle that happens inside |
| external | a problem or struggle between a character and something outside |
| narrator | the person or voice telling the story |
| first person | the narrator is a character inside the story and uses |
| third person | 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 literally true |
| simeile | compares two unlike things using words such as like or as |
| 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 emotions a word makes you think of |
| denotation | the literal dictionary definition of a word |
| exposition | the introduction to the story that usually reveals the setting the major character and the conflict |
| rising actions | 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 happen after the climax and start to lead towards the ending |
| resolution | the events that conclude the story and reveal its ending |
| theme | the central message that runs throughout the story |
| 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 with the main plot |
| hyperbole | a type of figurative language that makes exaggerated statement which is not meant to be taken literally |