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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| nonfiction | a true story |
| fiction | a story that is not true |
| fact | a statement that can be proved, such as “Mars is the fourth planet from the sun”. |
| opinion | a statement that reflects the writer’s belief. Ex: Mars is the most beautiful planet. |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words such as buzz or splash that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. |
| 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’ 5 senses. Look, feel, sound, smell and taste. |
| speaker | imaginary person who speaks the words in the poem |
| simile | compares two things using the words “like” or “as”. |
| metaphor | calls one thing another without using “like” or “as” |
| personification | gives human qualities to animals, ideas, or things. |
| 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 an "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 into the minds of all of the characters |
| static character | character in a work of fiction who does not undergo substantial change or growth in the course of a story |
| dynamic character | the character undergoes an important, internal change because of the action in the plot |
| antagonist | the character who opposes the hero, or protagonist. The antagonist, when there is one, provides the story's conflict. |
| protagonist | the hero or narrator of 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 a story |
| plot | events in a story particularly rendered toward the achievement of some particular artistic or emotional effect or general theme |
| exposition | – beginning of the plot, sets the tone, establishes the setting, introduces the characters and gives important background information. |
| rising action | events in the plot that lead up to the climax of the story. |
| climax | the point in the story when the conflict comes to a head, leading to a resolution. |
| resolution | the end of the plot when all the loose ends are tied up |
| internal conflict | a mental or emotional struggle that 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/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. |