LEAP 2025 Vocabulary 2

Various conflicts complicate the lives of the characters

The attitude or feeling that underlies the word

the building blocks of writing

The associations that are connected to certain words

After the highest point of action, most stories begin to move toward the end.Major conflicts begin to re resolved

The highest point or action in a story

Express meaning and tone to the reader

A difference between appearance and reality

An overstatement or extreme exaggeration

Language that is not meant to be taken literally

Sets the stage for the events to come

All the aspects of a person's behavior and attitude

A scene or event that happened before the beginning of a story

causes a sharp twist in the plot, usually as a story nears its end

The process by which a writer brings a character to life

The pattern of events in a story, including how the story works out

The use of the dictionary definition or literal meaning

This occurs between oposing forces

The time and place of action for a literary work

to engage the five senses describing a place, thing, or person

the outcome of the story

The attitude or feeling that underlies words

written through the choiceof specific words

Using veiled versions of important historic people and events

The people, animals, or things in a story

Compares two things, people, or ideas by using the wordslike or as

and extended comparison by matching two things or ideas that might seem to have little in common

A way for an author to provide clue about future events in the plot