Writing that deals with imaginary people, places, and events. Fake Writing

The central message, insight, or opinion in a work

Prose writing that deals with real people, things, events, and places. True writing.

an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience.

An author's reason for writing: to inform, to persuade, to narrate

an extreme exaggeration;

Using the words around an unfamiliar word to figure out the meaning

Repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together

form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group; the way we speak

To guess, to conclude from evidence.

there is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader or audience knows to be true. The audience knows something that the character does not.

Comparison between two things; looking for similarities

the way in which a text is designed (chronological, thematically, flashback, least to greatest importance, process analysis, cause/effect, narration, description, problem-solution, etc.)