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novella
a fiction work that is longer then a short story but shorter then a novel
novel
a long work of fiction
author purpose
the reason an author writes; could be to inform persuade, or entertain
authors perspective
the author’s opinion and/ or attitude about his or her topic
characters
a person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work
narrator
a speaker or character who tells a story
setting
the time and place in which events of a story happen
conflict
a struggle or problem in a story between two forces creates a tension that must be resolved
genre
a division or type of literature
historical fiction
when writers base fictional stories on real events
compare/contrast
pertaining to a written exercise about the similarities and differences between two or more people place or things
cause/ effect
noting a relationship between actions or events such that one or more are the result of the other or others
characterization
the act of creating and developing a character
fact/ opinion
things known for certain to be true vs things to be true
figurative language
writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally
personification
a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given a human characteristic
simile
a figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas
metaphor
a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else a comparison between two unlike ideas
alliteration
the repetition of initial consonant sounds
concrete pome
a pome with a shape that suggests its subject
haiku
a three lined japanese verse pome 575
idioms
a set expression of two or more words that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual
limer
a humorous rhyming five linen poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme
onomatopoeia
the use of words that imitate sounds
flashback
a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events that occurred in the past
foreshadowing
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