Characters
Person or animal in a story
character
Beginning of a story
Introduction
Made up story that could happen in real life
Realistic fiction
A word whose sound imitates its meaning
Onomatopoeia
Repetition of accented vowel sounds
Rhyme
Character that changes in a story
Dynamic character
Events that lead to the climax
Rising action
Imaginative story with facts about past events
Historical fiction
Extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
When the sounds of words create a beat
Rhythm
Character that stays the same in a story
Flat character
Events that come after the climax
Falling action
Imaginative writing about invented worlds
Fantasy
Human characteristics given to nonhuman characters
Personification
Two lines of poetry that rhyme
Couplet
Leading character or hero
Protagonist
Turning point in a story
Climax
Stories handed down by word of mouth
Folktales
Repetition of consonants
Alliteration
A Japanese form of poetry
Haiku
Character who is against the protagonist
Antagonist
Ending of a story where all problems are solved
Resolution
Writing that lets the reader solve a crime
Mystery
Details that hint at later events in a story
Foreshadowing
Poetry that is free of meter and rhyme
Free verse