Narrative Vocabulary

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What term is a collection of tools writers use to make their work more interesting?

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writing strategies

Front

What term means strong word choice, or the strong way in which words are used in writing?

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diction

Front

What term describes how quickly or slowly the writer takes the reader through a story?

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narrative pace

Front

What term means a phrase that uses the words “like” or “as” to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else?

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simile

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What term means something that is made up of two opposite things and that seems impossible but is actually true or possible?

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paradox

Front

What term means language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation?

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figurative language

Front

What term means to give an idea or animal human attributes?

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personification

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Attribution of feelings and responses to inanimate things or animals.

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pathetic fallacy

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What term means a comment, set off by parentheses, which informs the reader without disturbing the flow of the narrative?

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parenthetical observation

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Comparison between two very different things without using like or as.

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metaphor