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the time and place of a story
setting
a very short folktale that teaches a moral or a lesson
fable
a genre that is set in the past and may include real people, places, or significant events from history
historical fiction
the author tells you explicitly what a character is like
direct characterization
the standpoint from which a story is told
point of view
the anxiety a reader feels about what may happen next in a story
suspense
the most exciting or intense part of the story for the protagonist; a turning point in the story
climax
a folktale that usually has some connection to a real historical person or event, combining factual and fictional events with exaggerations that are not meant to be humorous
legend
a short autobiographical story that focuses on one or few events
memoir
the atmosphere or feeling created by a work of literature
mood
a character that remains the same throughout the story
static character
the repetition of vowel sounds among words
assonance
the repetition of the same initial consonant sound among words
alliteration
a group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their individual, literal meaning
idiom
a genre that is set in the modern present with human characters
realistic fiction
a point of view in which the narrator is a person in the story
first person
