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Literary elements
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mood | The feeling the reader gets from a piece of literature |
| Imagery | Vivid description that appeals to the reader's senses |
| Setting | The time and place a story takes place |
| Plot | The events in a story |
| Characters | Who is the story about |
| Theme | The moral, message, or lesson of a story |
| Simile | Compares two unlike things using like or as |
| Metaphor | Compares two unlike things without using like or as |
| Idiom | Words that don't mean exactly what they say |
| Conflict | The challenge or obstacles a character faces in a story |
| Person vs Person | Two people or groups of people in conflict |
| Person vs Society | A character in conflict with society, rules or government |
| Person vs Nature | A character faces a conflict with the weather, a natural disaster or the Earth |
| Person vs Self | An internal conflict within a person's mind |