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The action or sequence of events in a story
What is a plot
100
follows the climax; the end or outcome of the conflict
What is resolution
100
The attitude that a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character.
What is tone
100
The overall emotion created by a work of literature.
What is mood
100
The time and place in which the events of a work of literature take place.
What is setting
200
Usually begins the plot; introduces the setting, characters, and basic situation
What is an exposition
200
A comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles
What is simile
200
A division or type of literature.
What is genre
200
Prose writing that deals with real people, events, and places without changing any facts.
What is nonfiction
200
The vantage point for which a story is told
What is point of view
300
Part of the plot which introduces the central conflict and leads towards the climax
What is rising action
300
The uncertainty or anxiety you feel about what will happen next in a story.
What is suspense
300
A story
What is narrative
300
The use of words who's sounds echo their sense (buzz, rustle, boom)
What is onomatopoeia
300
Language that appeals to the senses.
What is imagery
400
The highest point of tension or excitement in the plot; it may also be the turning point of the story
What is climax
400
A person, a place, a thing, or an event that has its own meaning and stands for something beyond itself as well.
What is a symbol
400
The speaker or character who tells a story.
What is a narrator
400
A fiction prose narrative that is usually ten to twenty book pages long.
What is short story
400
A fictional story that is usually more than one hundred book pages long.
What is novel
500
Part of the plot following the climax and leading to the end of the story
What is falling action
500
The truth about life revealed in a work of literature.
What is a theme
500
The ordinary form of written language; most writing that is not poetry, drama, or song.
What is prose
500
A contrast between expectations and reality.
What is irony
500
An imaginative comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another.
What is metaphor
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