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a "main point" of a literary work is usually longer one sentence or longer

theme 

100

A set of words containing a subject and predicate, generally beginning with a capital letter and ending with punctuation.

Sentence

100

A collection of sentences dealing with a single subject or theme, usually indicated by an indentation at the beginning

Paragraph

100

 A person, place, thing, or idea.

Noun

100

A word indicating action.

Verb

200

a feature in a literary work, usually one word

motif 

200

A word modifying a noun.

Adjective

200

 A fictional narrative of book length

Novel

200

A narrative that depicts things that did not literally happen.

Fiction

200

A figure of speech where two unlike things are directly compared using the words like or as.

Simile

300

A novel that is largely communicated by pictures and speech bubbles.

Graphic novel

300

 Visually descriptive language.

Imagery

300

A short magazine-like narrative that is communicated by pictures and speech bubbles

Comic

300

The basic building blocks of sentences, generally separated by spaces. 

word

300

An account of real events.

Nonfiction

400

The story of a person’s life written by someone other than themselves.

Biography

400

A fictional narrative of shorter length than a book.

Short story

400

A figure of speech where two unlike things are directly compared.

Metaphor

400

Japanese comics and graphic novels.

Manga

400

When an animal is given human qualities by an author.

Anthropomorphize

500

The ways an author shows the personality of a character through their thoughts and actions.

Characterization

500

When an object like a table or lamp is given human qualities by an author.

Personification

500

The general vibe of a piece of literature.

Tone

500

A word that describes a sound, like BANG! Or KaPOW!

Onomatopoeia

500

The story of a person’s life that they wrote about themselves.

Autobiography

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