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100

All the events in a story

Plot

100

Animals or people in the story

Character

100

Where the story takes place

Setting

100

Meaning or message

Theme

100

A memory from the past

Flashback

200

An image that represents an idea

Symbol

200

A comparison using "like" or "as"

Simile

200

A conversation in the story

Dialogue

200

An author's way of writing

Style

200

A comparison (not using like or as)

Metaphor

300

Different types of literature

Genre

300

the word's sound represents the meaning

Onomatopoeia

300

A hint that something will happen in the story

Foreshadowing

300

The emotion of the story

Mood

300

Using a word, phrase or idea more than once to make a point.

Repetition

400

Details that help make a picture in your mind

Imagery

400

Giving a non human thing a human quality

Personification

400

Character traits - personality traits

Characterization

400

Word phrase that cannot be taken literally - figurative langauge

Idiom

400

Extreme exaggeration

Hyperbole

500

A contrast between what is expected and unexpected

Irony

500

Has to overcome a conflict (the "good guy")

protagonist

500

Causes conflict ("bad guy")

Antagonist

500

How the story is narrated (1st person/3rd person)

Point of View

500

A reference to something in real life, literature or history

Allusion