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ordinary writing
What is prose
100
Short story
What is a brief fictional narrative written in prose that can be read in one sitting.
100
The when and were of a story.
What is setting.
100
Struggle between opposing forces.
What is conflict.
100
Simile
What is a comparison using like or as.
200
A story created by the imagination of the writer
What is fiction
200
Words or phrases that appeal to the senses.
What is imagery.
200
A series of related events in a story.
What is plot.
200
The overall atmosphere of a literary work.
What is mood.
200
A comparison saying one thing is another.
What is metaphor.
300
Saying one thing and meaning another
What is verbal irony
300
A hint of what is to come in a story.
What is foreshadow.
300
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects.
What is personification.
300
Two external conflicts.
What is man vs. man and man vs. nature.
300
What is expected to take place is the opposite of what actually happens.
What is situational irony.
400
The leading character in a story.
What is protagonist
400
Flashback.
What is an interruption in the action in order to relate something in the past to the story.
400
Antagonist.
What is an opponent of the leading character.
400
Tone.
What is the author's attitude revealed in a work.
400
First person point of view.
What is a point of view in which a character in the story is telling the story.
500
The way a story is told.
What is point of view.
500
The central message of a story that teaches about human nature.
What is theme.
500
The "all knowing" narrator who can go into the mind and thoughts of all the characters.
What is omniscient point of view.
500
The French word for the ending of a story.
What is denouement.
500
The way writers write that distinguish them from other writers.
What is style.
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