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a long narrative, usually divided into chapters
What is a novel?
100
a group of lines with a poem
What is a stanza?
100
the beginning of the story, when the setting and characters are established
What is exposition?
100
a direct comparison of two unlike things, using the word like or the word as
What is a simile?
100
an educated guess based on information and evidence in a text
What is an inference?
200
a short narrative with a plot and characters
What is a short story?
200
the repetition of sounds at the ends of lines
What is rhyme?
200
a problem that a character must solve
What is a conflict?
200
a comparison of two unlike things, without using the word like or as
What is a metaphor?
200
the words spoken by characters to each other
What is dialogue?
300
a short story with a moral or lesson; often has animal characters
What is a fable?
300
the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
What is meter?
300
the bulk of the story, during which the character works to resolve the problem
What is rising action?
300
language that appeals to the five senses
What is imagery?
300
the perspective of a character or narrator
What is point of view?
400
a traditional story that tells about a culture's heroes, ancestors, or gods; may explain how the natural world was created or how it works
What is a myth?
400
repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is Alliteration?
400
the turning point, usually the most exciting part
What is climax?
400
giving an animal, object, or abstract idea human qualities
What is personification?
400
the central message or lesson
What is theme?
500
a narrative set in the past that gives a fictional account of historical figures or events
What is historical fiction?
500
a fourteen-line poem with a precise rhyme scheme and meter
What is a sonnet?
500
the ending of the story, when the conflict has been solved
What is resolution?
500
an indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, or object in history or in a literary work
What is an allusion?
500
a short restatement of a text in your own words
What is a summary?