Question 1

character

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Anyone who takes place in the action of a story. "Flat" characters are simple, while "round" characters are complex and go through significant changes in the story.

Question 2

Characterization

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The way an author describes how a character looks, speaks, feels, and behaves, through direct or indirect descriptions

Question 3

Climax/Turning Point

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Is the turning point of the story where the main conflict is resolved and a major change occurs for the main character.

Question 4

Conflict

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Happens when there is a struggle between two opposing things, like two people on opposite sides of an argument, or a character struggling over a difficult decision.

Question 5

Dialogue

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Is a conversation between characters in a story, or the thoughts of a character spoken to the audience, that you surround with quotation marks.

Question 6

Exposition

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Is the introduction to a story, where the author provides background information about the characters and setting.

Question 7

External Conflict

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Is when a character struggles against an outside force. This outside force could be another character (this is called a man vs. man conflict), the society or community in which the character lives (man vs. society), or a natural disaster like a tornado or earthquake (man vs. nature).

Question 8

Falling Action

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Reveals the effects of the climax, showing how things have changed for the characters involved.

Question 9

Figurative Language

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Is when a writer uses words or expressions that are not meant to be understood literally.

Question 10

First Person Point Of View

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The narrator is a character involved in the action of the story. The narrator uses firstperson pronouns (i.e., I, me, my, we, our) when describing the narrative's events.

Question 11

Flashback

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Is when the action of the story is interrupted in order to reveal important events that happened at an earlier time.

Question 12

Foreshadowing

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Is when an author gives the reader hints about events that may happen later in the story.

Question 13

Imagery

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Is the use of descriptions that appeal to the reader's senses in order to create vivid experiences through the text.

Question 14

Internal Conflict

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Exists within the mind of a character; perhaps the character has a difficult decision to make, or is struggling with powerful emotions. This type of conflict is referred to as "man vs. self."

Question 15

Metaphor

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Is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two typically unlike things, without the use of linking phrases.

Question 16

Mood

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Is the atmosphere or feeling the author creates, through descriptions of the setting and characters and the pacing of events.

Question 17

Narrative

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Is another word for a story, whether it is one with fictional characters and events or the retelling of a true experience for the author.

Question 18

Narrator

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Is the character who is telling the story; the narrator's knowledge of events can be limited or all-knowing.

Question 19

Personification

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Is a type of figurative language in which a writer gives human characteristics to nonhuman things

Question 20

Hyperbole

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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Question 21

plot diagram

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Is the sequence of events that make up the narrative.

Question 22

Point of View

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Is the perspective of the narrator telling the story. The story can be told from the perspective of a character or from a narrator who is not involved in the action of the story

Question 23

Resolution

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Typically provides the final outcomes of the story and settles any unanswered questions for the reader.

Question 24

Rising Action

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Is a series of related events that build toward a climax and resolution of the main conflict of the story.

Question 25

Setting

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Is a story's environment, which includes the place and time in which a story is set.

Question 26

Simile

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Is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two typically unlike things, using the linking phrases "like" or "as."

Question 27

Symbol/Symbolism

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can be an object or action that represents something deeper than what it appears to be.

Question 28

Third Person Point Of View

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Is not involved in the action of the story. The narrator uses third-person pronouns (i.e., he, she, they) when describing the narrative's events.

Question 29

Tone

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Is the perspective, attitude, or emotion the writer has about the topic, revealed through his or her choices in language.

Question 30

Transitions

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Help the reader see the connection between your ideas and how they relate to one another.

Question 31

Antagonist

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A character or force in conflict with the main character

Question 32

Protagonist

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Main character in a story

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