6th Literature-Basic Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 fiction | made up stories that are pure products of the imagination |
| oral tradition | oldest form of fiction coming from unknown storytellers |
| myth | stories created by ancient peoples to explain their world |
| fable | a very brief teaching tale |
| moral | the lesson taught by a fable |
| folk tale | ficitonal tale by an anonymous author passed down for generations |
| fairy tale | a type of folk tale that begins with "once upon a time" and has fantastical elements |
| legend | an epic with some basis in historical fact, such as King Arthur |
| tall tale | wildly exaggerated folk tales |
| genre | category |
| short story | a fictional work with 5 to 20 pages |
| novel | a longer fictional story with 100+ pages |
| novella | a fictional work with 20-100 pages |
| purpose | reason |
| prediction | educated guess |
| protagonist | the main character, sometimes the hero, in a story |
| antagonist | one who opposes; the enemy of the main character |
| setting | the time and place when a story occurs |
| conflict | a struggle or clash between opposing characters or forces |
| internal conflict | a struggle within the character's mind; emotions |
| external conflict | a struggle with an outside force (weather, another character, the setting) |
| dialogue | conversation between two or more characters |
| flashback | a scene that breaks the normal time order of the story to show a past event |
| foreshadow | the use of clues to suggest events that will occur later in the plot |
| plot | series of related events that make up a story |
| theme | a life lesson learned from a work of literature |
| nonfiction | prose writing that deals with real people, events, and places without changing any facts |
| biography | the story of a real person's life, written or told by another person |
| autobiography | the story of a person's life, written or told by that person |
| prose | any type of writing that is not poetry |
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