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Examples
100
conflict
What is a struggle opposing forces
100
writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, ideas, or events
What is nonfiction
100
round character
What is a character who shows many different traits or characteristics faults as well as virtues
100
a long work of fiction
What is novel
100
Mom decided to make lasagna of meat loaf for dinner last night
What is internal conflict
200
foreshadowing
What is the use of clues in a literary work to suggest events that have yet to occur
200
the central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work
What is theme
200
static character
What is a character who does not change in a literary work
200
a short work of nonfiction about a particular subject
What is essay
200
The hurricane reached land and knocked out several houses in its path
What is external conflict
300
climax
What is the high point of interest or suspense in a story or novel
300
conversation between characters in a literary work usually indicated by quotation marks
What is dialogue
300
setting
What is the time and place of the action in a literary work
300
a story told in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama
What is narrative
400
short story
What is a brief work of fiction
400
a character who shows only one trait or characteristic
What is flat character
400
epic
What is a long narrative poem about the deeds of gods or heroes
400
writing that usually makes use of highly concise, musical, emotionally charged, and figurative language
What is poetry
400
Don't act like a romeo in front of her
What is allusion
500
drama
What is a story written to be performed by actors
500
when a voice outside the story narrates and is "all knowing" telling readers what every character thinks and feels
What is third person omniscient point of view
500
epic hero
What is the larger-than-life central character in an epic
500
a form of nonfiction in which a writer tells the life story of another person
What is biograpy