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A category; prose, drama, and poetry
What is genre?
100
The central message of a literary work; reader can apply it to their own life
What is theme?
100
A logical series of events that can be diagrammed
What is plot?
100
The highest point of interest and the turning point of the story
What is climax?
100
Fictional people/animals that take part in a literary work
What are characters?
200
Conversations between and among characters; helps with characterization
What is dialogue?
200
Background information is offered, along with an introduction of characters and setting
What is exposition?
200
The part of the plot that concludes the story by revealing the outcome of the conflict
What is resolution?
200
Time or location
What is setting?
200
The speaker of fictional writing
What is narrator?
300
The development of a character
What is characterization?
300
Made-up stories
What is fiction?
300
Writing based on facts
What is nonfiction?
300
The events of the plot become complicated and the conflict is revealed
What is rising action?
300
The events and complications begin to resolve themselves
What is falling action?
400
Words/phrases that appeal to the reader's 5 senses
What is imagery?
400
Frequent use of objects that represent something else
What is symbolism?
400
Refer's to the author's feelings
What is tone?
400
Refers to the reader's feelings
What is mood?
400
Ordinary writing written in sentences and paragraphs
What is prose?
500
A genre of literature represented by performances with dialogue and stage directions
What is drama?
500
Describes the set, special effects, the way characters look and move as they speak in dialogue
What are stage directions?
500
Screenplays and stage plays, created based on novels
What are dramatic adaptations?
500
When the writer offers hints/clues about upcoming events
What is foreshadowing?
500
Small segments of action and events which make up larger divisions of a drama
What are scenes and acts?