Repetitive sounds

Alliteration

The author's reason for creating a particular work

Author's Purpose

A form of nonfiction in which a person tells the story of his or her own life

Autobiography

The story of a person's life written by someone else

Biography

The techniques writers use to create and develop characters

Characterization

A device in which an episode or chapter ends at a moment of suspense

Cliffhanger

A struggle between opposing forces

Conflict

Words that characters speak out loud

Dialogue

A literary form involving parts written for actors to perform

Drama

A brief story that teaches a lesson

Fable

Literature that contains at least one fantastic or unreal element

Fantasy

A prose writing that tells an imaginary story

Fiction

Fresh and original descriptions that, while not literally true, help the reader picture ordinary things in new ways.

Figurative Language

A story passed from one generation to the next

Folktale

When a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story

Foreshadowing

A type or category of literature

Genre

A story that is written to portray a time period or convey information about a specific time period

Historical Fiction

Extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally

Hyperbole

Text that is written by authors to inform, to explain, to describe, to present information, or to persuade

Informational Text

Words or phrases that appeal to a reader's senses

Imagery

A story, usually based on historical fact, handed down from the past about a specific person

Legend

A comparison of two things that have some quality in common not containing the word like or as, it says one thing is another thing.

Metaphor

A story in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle

Mystery

A traditional story, usually of unknown authorship, that deals with the basic questions of the universe.

Myth

Writing that tells about real people, places, and events

Non-fiction

Use of words whose sound suggests their meaning ex. Buzz

Onomatopoeia

The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

Personification

The sequence of related events that make up a story

Plot

A type of literature in which ideas, images, and feelings are expressed in few words

Poetry

The perspective from which a story is told, usually first or third person

Point of View

A story that has events that did not really happen but could have happened

Realistic Fiction

A story that is based on real or possible scientific developments

Science Fiction

The time and place where a story happens

Setting

A comparison of two things that have some quality in common containing the word like or as

Simile

Using a person, a place, an object, or an action to stand for something beyond itself

Symbolism

The message about life or human nature that is conveyed by a literary work

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