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| 4982388733 | Fiction | Fictio-a shaping, a counterfeiting | 0 | |
| 4982388734 | Fable | always leads to a moral or message | 1 | |
| 4982388735 | Parable | is more realistic than fable, uses humans rather than metaphorical symbols | 2 | |
| 4982388736 | Exposition | sets up the conflict, scenes, introduces characters | 3 | |
| 4982388737 | Fable and Parable | What is the basis for the modern short story? | 4 | |
| 4982388738 | Tall Tale | recounts the deeds of superheroes and folk heroes | 5 | |
| 4982388739 | Fairy Tale | set in a world of magic | 6 | |
| 4982388740 | Protagonist | another term for hero, is the main or central character | 7 | |
| 4982388741 | Antagonist | the enemy of the protagonist | 8 | |
| 4982388742 | Foreshadowing | indication of events to come | 9 | |
| 4982388743 | Climax | moment of the greatest tension, the outcome is decided | 10 | |
| 4982388744 | Resolution/denoument | the outcome or conclusion | 11 | |
| 4982388745 | Plot | the artistic arrangement of events | 12 | |
| 4982388746 | In medias res | Latin for "in the midst of things" | 13 | |
| 4982388747 | Flashback/retrospect | device used to fill in events that occurred before, relived in a character's memory | 14 | |
| 4982388748 | Point of View | the identity of the narrator; from which the story is told | 15 | |
| 4982388749 | Narrator | the speaker | 16 | |
| 4982388750 | Participant | dramatized character who says "I" | 17 | |
| 4982388751 | Observer | a minor character standing who watch the story unfold | 18 | |
| 4982388752 | Nonparticipant | does not appear in the story as a character | 19 | |
| 4982388753 | Omniscient | all knowing narrator who sees into the minds of all characters | 20 | |
| 4982388754 | Editorial Omniscience | a comment or opinion is added | 21 | |
| 4982388755 | Impartial Omniscience | presents character's thought and actions, but doesn't judge them | 22 | |
| 4982388756 | Limited/Selective Omniscience | when a nonparticipant narrator sees through the eyes of a single character | 23 | |
| 4982388757 | Objective Point of View | does not enter the mind of any character but describes events from the outside | 24 | |
| 4982388758 | Innocent/Naive Point of View | a character who fails to understand the implications of the story | 25 | |
| 4982388759 | Unreliable Narrator | the character is perceived to be deceptive, deluded, or deranged | 26 | |
| 4982388760 | Stream of Conciousness | the events and thoughts of the narrator isn't in a logical sequence but randomly mingled | 27 | |
| 4982388761 | Interior Monologue | an extended presentation of thoughts, as if thinking out loud | 28 | |
| 4982388762 | Total omniscience | has knowledge of the minds of all characters | 29 | |
| 5357645673 | Dickensian Speech | a writing style that spends a large amount of time describing imagery | 30 | |
| 5357654746 | Foil | one (character) that contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another | 31 | |
| 5357661261 | Sibilant | having or producing the sound if or a sound resembling that of "s" or "sh" | 32 | |
| 5357673406 | Enjambment | in poetry, the use of successive lines with no pronunciation or pause between them | 33 | |
| 5357678575 | Doggerel | crude, simplistic verse, often in sing-song rhyme | 34 |
