Literary Terms and Concepts

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Visualize

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When a reader uses their senses to create pictures in their mind on what they are reading.

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Climax

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The most exciting event of the story, the turning point.

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Mood

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How a reader feels while reading.

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Resolution

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How the story ends.

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Theme

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Moral or life lesson that a story is trying to teach you.

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Stanza

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A group of lines within a poem; how poems are structured.

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Plot

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The events, setting, and characters of a story make up together.

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Text Structure

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How a text is organized.

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Conflict

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The main challenge in a story.

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Main Idea

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The overall idea of an informational text.