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a part or piece of  something

Element (noun)

100

a main idea about  humanity that is shown in a story

Theme

100

a common saying that  doesn't make sense if you take it literally (It's raining cats and dogs.)

Idiom

100

unseen person who  tells the story from the thoughts and feelings of ONE character

Third Person Limited  Narrator

100

 to tell in a  different way

Restate

200

when (time) and where  (place) a story takes place

Setting

200

language that means  exactly what it says

Literal Language

200

a result or  consequence

Effect

200

something that can be  proven true

Facts

200

proof; facts

Evidence

300

the sequence (or  chain) of events in a story from beginning to end

Plot

300

language that is not  meant to be taken literally

Figurative Language

300

the person who tells  the story

Narrator

300

a shortened retelling  of the most important parts

Summary

300

A statement of  belief, usually supported by evidence

Claim

400

the people or animals  in a story

Characters
400

a comparison of two  very unlike things, using "like," "as," or  "resembles" (people are like flowers)

Simile

400

a character in the  story who also tells the story

First Person Narrator 

400

a belief or idea  about something that may or may not be based on facts

Opinion

400

to convince someone  to do or believe something

Persuade

500

the problem in the  story that must be solved

Conflict 

500

a comparison of two  very unlike things, but does not use "like," "as," or  "resembles" (people are flowers)

Metaphor

500

to influence; to help  to cause a change

Affect

500

unseen and  all-knowing (god-like) person who tells the story from two or more  characters' thoughts and feelings

Omniscient Narrator

500

having nothing to do  with the subject

Irrelevant