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development of physical/personality traits of a character

A struggle b/twn 2 forces

the speech patterns of a particular group

a written conversation

a story written to be performed by actors (genre)

writing that tells about imaginary characters and events

an interruption in the present action recall a past event

is the use of clues to suggest events that have yet to occur

type of literature

a literary technique that involves interesting contradictions

a comparison; does not include the words "is" or "like" (uses "was" "is")

the feeling created in the reader by a literary work, usually involves an author's use of imagery, dialogue, setting, and plot

a speaker or character who tells the story

the opposite of Fiction; writing that explains ideas/that tell about real people, places,events, or objects

the use of words that imitate sounds (ex. tick, tock)

figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characterisistics

series of events in a story; plot structure includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

the art of rhythmical composition

perspective or vantage point from which a story is told

ordinary form of written language (genre)

the time & place of an action

a comparison; uses "like" or "as"

anything that stands for something else

a central message