Literary terms

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narration

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type of writing that tells a story

Question 1

prose

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any writing that is not poetry.

Question 2

non fiction

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prose writing that deals with real people, places, things, and events

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auto biography

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person’s account of his or her own life or part of it

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biography

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account of a person’s life or part of it, written or told by another person

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fiction

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a prose account that is made up rather than true ( novels, short stories)

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character

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person, or animal in a story, play, or another literary work

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protagonist

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the main character in a literary work

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antagonist

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the character in opposition to the protagonist

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chronological order

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arrangement of events in the order in which they occurred

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climax

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point of the story that creates the greatest suspense or interest

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resolution

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part of which the conflict is resolved and the story is coming to an end; the end

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conflict

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struggle between characters or opposing forces

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external conflict

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character struggles with an outside force, may be another character, society as a whole, or a natural force

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internal conflict

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a struggle with the characters own mind, emotions, needs, or desires

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flashback

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interruption in the present action of a plot to show something that happened at an earlier time

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plot

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series of related events that make up the story

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point of view

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the vantage point from which the story is told

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setting

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time and place of the writing

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short story

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short, fictional, prose narrative

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theme

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the general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals