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writing based on fact.
What is non-fiction?
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The highest point in the story that has the most action.
What is the climax?
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the narrator is a character in the story and tells from their POV
Look for “I” or “WE” if plural
what is first person?
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a language that isn’t Literal, straightforward, or factual.
What is figurative language?
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The surroundings and time in which the events of a story take place.
What is a setting?
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writing that isn’t real life - the characters, and stories come from a person’s imagination.
what is fiction?
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The end of the storyline.
What is the resolution?
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tells the story as it is happening to “you” using words like “you” and “yours.”
What is second person?
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to compare or describe something without using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
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unifying ideas in a piece of writing. It is NOT a topic, but how the author approaches the topic.
What is a theme?
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texts of plays that are recited by the actors.
What is drama?
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The beginning and introduction of the story.
what is the exposition?
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a narrator who is not a character in the story. Tells the story in third person and refers to the characters as “he,” “she,” and “they,” but NEVER “I” or “we.”
what is third person?
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Giving non-human objects human-like adjectives.
What is a Personification?
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the problem in the story. Person v. Person, Person v. Self, Person v. Technology, etc.
What is conflict?
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doesn’t have a definition but if you see a piece of literature with an unusual style, formatting, rhythm, or rhymes, it is usually poetry.
What is a poem story?
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The part of the story calms down after the climax and goes to the resolution.
what is the falling action?
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The narrator knows all and can describe the POVs of many characters.
What is omniscient?
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Comparing two different things using "like" and "as".
What is a metaphor?
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The most important idea in a piece of writing.
What is a central Idea?
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A fairytale story.
What is a fable story?
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The part of the story that leads to the climax.
what is the rising action?
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the narrator reports the events that take place without knowing the motivations or thoughts of any of the characters.
What is third-person objective?
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a kind of repetition where the first letters of several words are all the same.
What is alliteration?
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the way an author creates an attitude or mood in a piece of writing.
What is tone?
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