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Persuasive Technique

Words that have the same meaning

Writing based on real or imaginary scientific developments often set in the future

Literary work that uses colorful, often rhythmic language to expression ideas and emotions

Literary work that uses the familiar spoken form of language sentence after sentence.

A made up story that is based on a real time and place in history

The part of a book which lists the chapters or contents within a book

The high point in the action of a story

Shorter than a novel, the piece of literature can usually be read in one sitting

Alphabetical listing that gives page numbers or books where information can be found

The message about life or human nature of the story

A feeling of excitement, curiosity, or expectation about what will happen

Narrator can see the minds of all character

Words, phrases, or sentences that give meaning to unknown words.

A traditional story intended to explain some mystery of nature. Uses gods and goddesses.

A problem within a character's own mind

Language that had meaning beyond the literal meaning

Short story using animals as the main character

A strong prejudice for one side over the other

Important hints that an author drops to prepare the reader for what is to come.

Stories that are NOT true

The person or character who actually tells the story

To use the information given to figure out an ending

The main character in a story, the good guy

Narrator outside the story; "he," "she," "they."

A problem between a character and society, school, or a group of people

Giving human qualities attributed to something that is not human.

Quality in literature that makes the character or situation seem funny

A statement that cannot be proven

The action that makes up the story, events of the story

The extra sense that a word is positive or negative.

The use of words that imitate sounds

Repeating a sound or word

A writer's story of his or her own life

To take what you already know combined with the information you have and make a guess

A novel, story, or play involving a crime or secret

Events leading up to the climax of the story

Everything that happens in a story

A problem between a character and some element of nature

Writing that is made up, but could be real.

Perspective which the story is told

How the story ends, the problems are solved

The action and dialogue following the climax that lead the reader into the story's end

The lesson a story teaches

The beginning of the story that introduces characters, setting, and background.

A book that contains information about many subjects, arranged alphabetically

A statement that can be proven

A humorous, exaggerated story often based on the life of a real person.

Narrator is a character in the story. "I," "We," "Me."

Story set in an imaginary world which the characters usually have supernatural powers

A problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a story

Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme

The distinctive way a writer uses language including factors such as word choice

Repetition of initial consonant sounds, tongue twisters.

Person, place, or things that stands for something else

Speech that reflects how people of a certain region talk.

The planned action or series of events in a story; made up of 5 parts

The feeling a piece of literature is intended to create in a reader

A good source of information

Comparison of two things using like or as

Narrator tells only about one character

Comparison of two things as if one were the other

The person or force that works against the hero of the story

A writer's account of some other person's life

Words or phrases that appeal to the readers sense of sight, sound, smell, touch, taste

A classification of literature

Time and place a story takes place

The conversations that characters have with one another

Going back to something that happened previously in the story.

When what is expected to happen is not what happens.

No Bias

Extreme exaggeration

Techniques a writer uses to create and develop a character.

Alphabetical listing of difficult, technical, or foreign terms with definitions or translation

An expression that doesn't mean exactly what it says.

A story passed down from one generation to the other

Gives the main idea AND important details of the passage.

Anything that is true facts.

Comparison that shows a relationship between two things

What a piece of writing is mostly about.

One of the people or animals in the story

Funny poem

Problem between characters

Japanese three line poem following 5-7-5