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A character in the story is tellnig what they observe and how they feel. |
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A person outside of the story is telling what is happening. |
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A narrator is inside the mind of one of the characters, he tells about the thoughts and feelings of that character. |
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The person telling the story knows everything about ALL the characters, including their feelings and thoughts. |
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When and where a story takes place. Setting can change. |
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The problem a character must solve. |
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Character battles with their own feelings, thoughts, morals. |
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Character must battle with others in some way. |
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Character battles against another Person. |
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Character battles views or actions of society. |
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Character battles an animal or monster. |
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Person versus nature: tornado, flood, blizzard, draught, earthquake... |
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Character battles with their good luck or back luck (fate). |
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The meaning of the story requires a lot of thought and figuring out. |
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What happens to characters during the story. Facts, actions. |
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The author's feelings about what they are writing. How the author says things. |
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How readers feel when they read what the author wrote. Readers mood can change based on how the author says things. |
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Compares two things using "like" or "as".
"He is strong as a horse."
"Float like a butterflfy, Sting like a bee." |
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comparing two UNrelated things. Doesn't use "like" or "as".
"The snow was a white blanket." |
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An exaggeration to show how extreme something is.
"I have told you a MILLION times..." |
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Two or more words used in a row that start with the same sound. ALLiteration means ALL the words start with the same sound.
"perfect people paint pictures." |
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Giving inanimate (nonliving) things human like characteristics.
"The sun smiled down upon us."
The sun can't smile, but it can make us smile. |
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Words that imitate sounds.
Drip, plop, Ka-choo, Yawn, buzz... |
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