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Words or phrases near an unknown word that give clues to its meaning

A central character who lacks conventional heroic qualities

The narrator doesn't participate in the story, he tells it in... he/she/they

The dictionary meaning of the word

Learns best by listening

The character struggles against their own personality

The act of understanding

A story made up in an authors imagination

To say something is similar between 2 things

Learns best by observing or seeing

To share what is different between things

A stated or implied attitude of an author in regards to a character

A comprehension strategy; readers are able to remember facts and details from things they have recently read

The story is told by the narrator from his/her point of view

An interruption in the action of the story to show an earlier episode

To consider what has happened so far and make a forecast on what will happen next

Using clues in the story to make an educated guess what is about to happen in a story

Authors choice of narrator

The narrator is an all-knowing outsider

Learns best by moving their bodies

The narrator addresses the reader you/your

Sight, smell, taste, and touch are examples of...

The order in which events of a story take place

Occurs as the reader moves through the story, sets the story in motion

The character struggles against another character, society, or nature

A message before a presentation telling viewers that important parts of a storyline will be revealed

The reason an author writes something

A theme that dominates a literary work

A clue intended to be misleading

The author ridicules the habits of mankind, (SNL)

A character says one thing but really means the opposite

an educated guess about anything

Authors hints or clues about events that will happen later

The time and place in which the events of a narrative occur

When a Character is overly greedy

Is the base of the mountain or beginning of the story

Events that follow the climax, moves the story towards Resolution

Loose ends of the plot are tied up, remaining questions are all answered and conflicts are resolved

Actions have an effect opposite of what is expected

Categories of items

The meaning is opposite of the expressed meaning

The knowledge and experience a reader brings with them to learning opportunity

A struggle

The most interesting or intense part of the story

The main character who takes the leading role

A character goes through change or growth in the story

Methods an author uses to acquaint readers with their characters

The person who fights the protagonist

The conversation between character

A character remains the same throughout the story

The act of creating pictures in a persons mind

The words additional meaning to it's straightforward dictionary meaning

The main part of the story that moves the plot along with twists and complications

The life lesson or moral lesson of the story

The tension when the audience knows something the characters don't

The pattern of action in a short story, novel, or play

A person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself, but suggests another meaning as well