literary terms

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Genre

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how literature is categorized based on literary conventions

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how literature is categorized based on literary conventions

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Short Story

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a type of fictional narrative story usually written in prose; often shorter in length and focuses on one event, character, or incident

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a type of fictional narrative story usually written in prose; often shorter in length and focuses on one event, character, or incident

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Novel

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a longer work of fictional prose

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a longer work of fictional prose

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Poetry

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a type of literary art form where writers use figurative language and other poetic devices to get the point of their subject across

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a type of literary art form where writers use figurative language and other poetic devices to get the point of their subject across

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Drama

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a type of fiction characterized by performance of actors

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a type of fiction characterized by performance of actors

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Fiction

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a type of narrative literature that contains imaginary characters and events

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a type of narrative literature that contains imaginary characters and events

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Non fiction

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a type of narrative literature where the characters and events actually happened

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a type of narrative literature where the characters and events actually happened

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Setting

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this is where a story takes place in time and location

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this is where a story takes place in time and location

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Character

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protagonist, antagonist, hero/heroine are the people that move the plot along and the reason that many readers stay with a story

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protagonist, antagonist, hero/heroine are the people that move the plot along and the reason that many readers stay with a story

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Point of view

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this how the story is told by the narrator or author; either first, second, or third person

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this how the story is told by the narrator or author; either first, second, or third person