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a brief story that teaches a moral lesson
a) fable
b) setting
c) plot
d) exposition

introduces the characters, sets the mood, provides background information
a) exposition
b) rising action
c) setting
d) plot

a type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics
a) simile
b) personification
c) metaphor
d) irony

the feeling created in the reader by a literary work
a) motivation
b) apostrophe
c) mood
d) setting

shows how the situation turns out; ties up loose ends; the conflict is ended
a) resolution
b) climax
c) plot
d) exposition

turning point in the story; the point at which the conflict comes to a head; the highest point of interest or suspense in the plot
a) resolution
b) climax
c) plot
d) exposition

a comparison between two basically unlike things using “like” or “as”
a) simile
b) metaphor
c) irony
d) personification

a reason that explains or partially explains why a character thinks, feels, acts, or behaves in a certain way
a) motivation
b) conflict
c) mood
d) setting

an address (speech) to an absent person
a) apostrophe
b) monologue
c) soliloquy
d) aside

clues that hint at events yet to occur
a) flashback
b) foreshadowing
c) apostrophe
d) motivation

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