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resolution
What is how the conflict or problem is resolved?
100
the overall feeling, tone or atmoshpere
What is mood?
100
brave, loyal, disonest, shy, jealous
What are character traits?
100
flashback
What is an interruption in the story to recal an earlier event?
100
the lesson, message, or moral of the story
What is the theme?
200
plot
What is the events that make up the story?
200
the villain, force, or bady guy in conflict with the main character
What is antagonist?
200
ignoring the thump of her footless stump
What is onomatopoeia?
200
foreshadowing
What is clues in the story to suggest what might happen next?
200
comparing two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
300
fantasy
What is the story takes place in an unreal or imaginary world?
300
the character has a problem within himself
What is internal conflict?
300
scary, sad, serious, funny, lighthearted
What are moods?
300
climax
What is the turning point in the story?
300
the events that occur after the climax
What is falling action?
400
hyperbole
What is extreme exaggeration?
400
introduces the characters and sets up the main conflict
What is rising action?
400
"My girls are gems. Cinderella, you are common clay."
What is a metaphor?
400
dynamic character
What is a character who changes in the story?
400
the techniques an author uses to create and develop a character
What is characterization?
500
irony
What is the opposite of what you expect to happen?
500
giving human qualities to non human things
What is personification?
500
person v. society
What is external conflict?
500
3rd person point of view
What is the story is told by a narrator who is not a character in the story?
500
when Cinderella Skeleton's foot is snapped off by the prince...
What is the climax?