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What is climax?
This is the "turning point" or a story. The top of the 'mountain'
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What is setting?
This describes WHEN and WHERE a story takes place.
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What is Biography?
A nonfiction story about a person's life, written by someone else
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What is Science Fiction?
A fictional story that often includes science, technology or aliens.
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What is a Line Break?
Where each line of text ends.
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What is Rising Action?
Events that LEAD UP TO the climax are called this.
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What are characters?
The people and animals in the story.
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What is Realistic Fiction?
A fictional story that includes events that could really happen.
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What is Autobiography?
A nonfiction story about a person's life, written by that person.
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What is a Stanza?
A group of lines within a poem.
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What is Exposition?
This section of a story introduces the characters and setting.
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What is conflict?
The main problem that the characters face.
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What is Mystery?
A fictional story where the characters are trying to solve a crime or problem that is unknown.
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What is Informational Text?
A nonfiction text that gives facts and information about different topics.
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What is Rhyming Words?
Words with the same ending sounds at the end of lines or stanzas.
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What is Resolution?
The conflict has been solved and the story is coming to a close.
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What is the Resolution?
How the conflict or problem is solved.
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What is Historical Fiction.
A fictional story written during a time period in the past that may include some true facts about history.
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What is Fantasy?
A fictional story that includes elements that are impossible, such as talking animals or magic.
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What is Alliteration?
The same sound or letter at the beginning of words or lines.
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What is Falling Action?
The events that happen after the Climax that lead to the conflict being solved.
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What is the plot?
All the things that happen in the story make up the ____.
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What is Traditional Literature
A fictional story that is passed down through the years including fairy tales, fables, folktales, legends, tall tales, and myths.
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What is Poetry?
A type of writing that is usually written in verses using rhythm and rhyme and causes strong emotions.
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What is Rhythm?
A pattern of stressed syllables that create a beat.
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