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Characters
Mood
Setting
Point of View
Plot
Style
Conflict/Resolution
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| The feeling a reader gets from a story. |
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| Where and when a story takes place. |
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| The language the author uses to create the story. |
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| The central ideas or lessons about life a story conveys. |
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| The events that occur in a story. |
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| Who the narrator is and what information he or she provides. |
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| How the problem is solved. |
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A struggle a character must overcome.
man vs mas
man vs nature
man vs self |
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| A description of the character's personality. Characteristics like brave, funny, etc. |
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| A type or category (of literature) like, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, etc. |
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| Storied that are made up (not real). |
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| Stories that provide facts about real people, places, or things. |
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| A factual story of someone's life written by another person. |
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| A factual story of a person's life written by the person themselves. |
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| Imagined stories that could really happen today. |
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| A story with a larger than life main character, greatly exaggerated details, and a problem that is solved in a funny way. |
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| Writing that usally, but not always, has rhyme, rhythm, lines and stanzas. |
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| Literature that has characters, dialogue, scenes, props, and a narrator. |
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| Fictional stories based on real events from the past. |
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| Fiction blended with scientific fact and/or imaginative elements. |
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| Stories that incorporate made up creatures or magic. |
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| Fairy Tales and Folk Tales |
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| Timeless tales about oral tradition and/or fanciful creatures. |
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| Stories about solving crimes or unraveling secrets. A story when something is not understood and clues are given to solve the problem. |
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| Symbolic stories explaining natural events or popular beliefs. |
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| Action stories set in exotic or forbidding locales. |
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| A personal record of thoughts, experiences, and feelings. |
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