Literary Terms GRAVES

Question 1

types of stories

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genre

Question 2

story told from the perspective of someone in the story/ I or We

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first person

Question 3

message about life that is expressed directly by the author

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stated theme

Question 4

qualities that help you understand a character

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character traits

Question 5

writing that tells about imaginary characters and events

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fiction

Question 6

Stories about real people or events

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nonfiction

Question 7

problem in the story

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conflict

Question 8

the writer's attitude toward a subject

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tone

Question 9

conflict that takes place in the mind of a character

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internal conflict

Question 10

part of the story when the conflict in presented to the reader

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rising action

Question 11

prediction or hint of what will happen

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foreshadowing

Question 12

message about life/ main idea of the story

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theme

Question 13

time and location of a story

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setting

Question 14

qualities that help you understand a character

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character traits

Question 15

the beginning of a story

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exposition

Question 16

reason a character acts as they do in a story

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character motive

Question 17

the author takes the reader back in time to a memory

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flashback

Question 18

The problem in the story is also called the ......

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conflict

Question 19

the ending of the story plot line

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resolution

Question 20

the act of developing a character

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characterization

Question 21

message that is suggested through what happens to the characters

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implied theme

Question 22

made up series of events in a story

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plot

Question 23

turning point of a story/ most exciting

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climax

Question 24

speaker or character who tells a story

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narrator

Question 25

two main types of conflicts

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internal and external

Question 26

story told from a person not in the story/ use he, she

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third person

Question 27

Fiction is told from a certain perspective or.....

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point of view

Question 28

the writer's reason for writing a story

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author's purpose

Question 29

Part of the plot that comes after the climax

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falling action

Question 30

people or animals in a story

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characters

Literary Terms GRAVES

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Literary Terms GRAVES

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