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  • Theme
    Main idea
  • Imagery
    Using language to paint a full picture of something
  • Inference
    Making a logical guess about what is happening or what is going to happen next using evidence from the source and the reader's own experiences
  • Symobolism
    Using a concrete idea to symbolize something that is more abstract
  • Point of View
    The perspective the story is told by
  • External conflict
    A problem with the character and another entity
  • Climax
    The height of the action in a text
  • Internal conflict
    A problem a character is having within himself or herself
  • Mood/tone
    The way you feel when reading a text
  • Antagonist
    The person who goes against the main character
  • Irony
    When the opposite of what you are expecting happens
  • Hyperbole
    An exaggeration
  • Foreshadowing
    When a text gives clues on what is going to happen next
  • Figurative Language
    Saying and expressions that do not mean exactly what they say. Used to create vivid pictures in the readers head
  • Protagonist
    Main character
  • Plot
    What is happening in the story
  • Setting
    Time and place where the story happens
  • Personification
    Giving a nonhuman thing human characteristics
  • Characterization
    How the author writes the story to make a character believable
  • Simile
    Comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
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