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Nonfiction A true story
Fiction A story that is not true.
Fact A Statement that can be proven. Ex Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.
opinion A statement that reflects the writer beliefs. Ex Mars is the most beautiful planet.
Free Verse Poetry that avoids repetition of the same line length, meter, or rhyme scheme from line to line.
Lyric Usually song like or personal poetry.
Stanza A group of poetic lines that belong together.
Alliteration Repeated sounds in a passage of verse. Ex Shelly sells seashells by the seashore.
Imagery consists of words and phrases that appeal to the readers five senses. Look, feel, smell, see, and sound.
Speaker Imaginary person who speaks the words in a poem.
Simile Compares two things using like or as.
Metaphor Calls one thing another without using like or as.
Personification Gives human qualities to animals,ideas or objects.
Irony a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually stated. Ex: The irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
First Person point of View Point of view in which I or We serves as the narrator of a piece of fiction.
Third person point of view a form of storytelling in which a narrator relates all action in third person, using third person pronouns such as "he" or "she."
Omniscient point of view Point of view in which the narrator sees in the minds of all the characters
Static Character Character in a work of fiction who does not undergo substantial change or growth in the course of the story
Dynamic Character The Character goes through an important internal change because of the action in the plot.
Antagonist The person who opposes the hero or the protagonist. The antagonist when their is one provides the story's conflict
Protagonist The hero or narrator in the story.
Flashback A scene that describes an event that occurred before the time in which the main story is set.
Foreshadowing A word used to describe clues about events yet to occur in the story.
Plot events in a story particularly rendered toward the achievement of some particular artistic or emotional effect or general theme.
Rising Action Events in the plot that led up to the climax of the story.
Climax The point in the story when the conflict comes to an end leading up to the resolution
Falling Action part of the plot of the story that occurs after the climax.
Resolution The end of the plot where all the loose ends are tied up.
Internal Conflict A mental or emotional struggle occurs within a character.
External Conflict a struggle that occurs between a character and outside forces, which could be another character or the environment
Theme main idea, or message, of an essay, paragraph, movie, or a book. The message may be about life, society, or human nature. Themes often explore timeless and universal ideas and may be implied rather than stated explicitly
Mood atmosphere is the feeling that a literary work conveys to readers.
Tone Attitude the writer has towards the subject that he or she is writing about.
Setting The place or location where the story takes place.
Symbolism ` any object, person, place or action that has both meaning in itself and that stands for something larger that itself, such as an idea, belief or value.
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