figurative language
She is as pretty as a picture
simile
hiss, buzz, woof, swish
onomatopoeia
main character in a story
protagonist
An author writes about his own life
autobiography
the beginning of a story; the reader learns the setting and the characters
The flowers were dancing in the wind.
personification
Sally sells seashells by the seashore
alliteration
the character who opposes the main character
antagonist
An author writes about another person's life
biography
the action of a story begins to build after the conflict is exposed
rising action
The bright yellow sun emitted an unbearable heat.
imagery
The reader sees hints and guesses about what will happen later in the story
foreshadowing
the time and place of a story
setting
A literary work written in lines, not paragraphs
poetry
the high point of a story when the action takes a different direction
climax
Kisses are the flowers of love in bloom.
metaphor
Conversations between characters, as evidence by quotation marks " "
dialogue
the person or character who is telling a story
narrator
a brief fictional story that can be read in one sitting
short story
the action after the climax that leads to the ending
falling action
I am so hungry I could eat a horse
hyperbole
The reader is really interested in a scene and is anxious to know what will happen next
suspense
the message about life delivered through a story
theme
a book-length fictional story
novel
the ending of a story when the conflict is resolved
resolution