Metaphor: A figure of speech stating two thing are similar.
Simile: A comparison using “like” or “as”.
Hyperbole: An extravagant exaggeration.
Personification: Giving human qualities to ideas and things
Fantasy: Something imagined
Prologue: An introduction to a book or play
Epilogue: A final section that brings to an end or summarizes
Characterization: Process of creating a character, including words, actions, thought, appearance, other people thoughts and perception about the character.
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How a character acts
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How a character looks
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How other characters in story react to this character.
Static character: character that changes very little from the beginning to the end
Dynamic character: character that goes through a significant amount of changes fro the beginning to the end.
Flashback: The introduction of a past event into a story or motion
Foreshadowing: To give a hint of what is to come

Point of View: A way of looking at something
1 st Person- Where character narrates the story with I-Me-My-
Mine- etc.
2 nd Person – In which author uses you, your. Rare that the narrator speak directly to audience
3 rd - Is that of an outsider looking in at the action: Omniscient- thoughts of all characters are open to reader, Limited- thought of only one character’s mind.
Symbol: Person, place or object that stands for something beyond itself
Symbolism: Allows people to communicate beyond limits of language.
Theme: A subject for a work of literature. The way an author connects reader to life lessons or experiences.
Conflict: An extended struggle, problem.
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Internal- with inner forces, within self
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External- with outside forces