Literary Terms By: Dalton Crouch.

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Literary Terms By: Dalton Crouch

Setting the time and place in which the action of a story occurs

Character the person or animal around which the action in a story occurs

Flashback returning to an earlier time in a story for the purpose of making something clearer in the present

Opinion a statement that requires a value judgment; it is what someone thinks or believes THE BEST GAME EVER

Fact A statement that is true or can be proven Won the 2010 Super Bowl

First-person a point of view that includes the author, uses the word "I"

Mood how the writing makes the reader feel (happy, sad, upset)

Plot the action or events in a story

Simile a figurative comparison that uses "like" or "as" Everyone love this game

Theme a statement about life that a particular selection is trying to get across to the reader Something that stands out

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