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A story told in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama...
What is narrative?
A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two subject using like or as
What is a simile?
A character who does not play a significant role in the story...
What is a minor character?
To give a picture in words...
What is a description?
Anything that stands for or represents something else...
What is a symbol?
The events that led-up to the climax...
What is rising action?
The part of the plot where the story ends...
What is Resolution?
Images formed in the mind that appeal to the five sense...
What is imagery?
A struggle within a character...
What is an internal conflict?
What is genre?
The bad guy in the story; he or she works against the main character...
Who is an antagonist?
A story passed down from generation to generation that is believed by many people but cannot be proven true i.e. jersey devil...
What is a legend??
A figure of speech in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics...
What is personification?
A short story about an interesting event in someone's life...
What is an anecdote?
The events that follow the climax...
What is falling action?
An event that creates the central, or main, conflict for the protagonist...
What is an inciting incident?
When the narrator is outside of the story and relates the inner thoughts and feelings of only one character...
What is 3rd person limited POV?
A character who greatly changes in the course of a story...
What is a dynamic character?
The writer's attitude toward his or her subject, characters or audience...
What is tone?
The hero of the story; he or she is a main character...
Who is a protagonist?
A pairing of words opposite in meaning, i.e.- jumbo shrimp
What is an oxymoron?
In this, a word or phrase is used to suggest the opposite of its usual meaning...
What is verbal irony?
A character who does not change in the course of a work...
What is a static character?
The use of clues to suggest events that have yet to occur...
What is foreshadowing?
Public speaking that is formal, persuasive, and emotionally appealing...
What is oratory?