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100% Vocab Lesson 4
Question | Answer |
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a comparison of two unlike things to show how their characteristics are alike (e.g. the branches of a tree are like the branches of a river) | analogy |
a very short story about something that happened | anecdote |
from or by a person whose name is not known or is not given | anonymous |
a person who writes a book, story, or similar work | author |
a person or animal in a story | character |
a group of words that do not carry their usual meaning but go together to create an expression with a special meaning (e.g. David is in the doghouse=David is in trouble.) | idiom |
a story that attempts to explain something that happens in life or in nature, or explain about religious beliefs or the supernatural | myth |
writing that tells about real people, places or events | nonfiction |
a type or writing in which the author tries to convince the reader to think or act a certain way | persuasion |
the group of events that happen in order to solve the problem or conflict in a story; the story line | plot |