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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Central problem | the primary struggle, or conflict,faced by the main character in the plot |
| Character | n. A person or animal who takes part in the setion of a litear work; also the qualities and traits that define an individual's personality |
| Character development | how a character changes throughout the story |
| Conlict | v. the problem in the story |
| Dialogue | n. Conversation between two or more characters |
| Fiction | n. A story that is not true |
| Imagery | n. Words and phrases that appeal to the reader's senses |
| Literary form | also known as genre, |
| Major event | The most important incident that occur in a work of literature ; events that cause greatest impact on the characters of literary work. |
| Metaphor | n. A comparison of two un- like things in which no words of comparison are used |
| Mood | n. The feeling the author wants to convey to the reader through a work of literature |
| Nonfiction | Prose writing about real people, places , and ideas |
| Personification | A figure of speech in which human qualifications are attributed to an object, animal, or idea |
| Plot | The sequences of events in a work of literature; the action in a story |
| Repetition | The repecting sounds, letters, words, or lines, which helps give poerty its meaning,form,and sound |
| Resolution | The final part of a plot; the events the events in the story that work out the problem or the conflict |
| Rhyme | The pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in poerty; it brings out the musical quality of language and can create a particular mood |
| Sequence of Moods | The order in which events occure in a work of literature; collectively known as the "Plot" |
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