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What someone thinks will happen next
Predict
Characterization
Portrayal or description of a subject
The main problem in a story, the struggle between the protagonist and the antagonist
Conflict
a written account of another persons life written by someone else
Biography
Perspective from which a story is told to the reader
Point of view
Reader forms mental images of a story
Visualize
The message, moral, or meaning about life or human nature that a literary work communicates
Theme
Comparison that does not use like or as
Metaphor
A contrast or contradiction between what is expected and what happens
Irony
The time and place of a story
Setting
Relating the content of a story to your own knowledge and experience
Connect
Why the character acts, feels, and thinks in a certain way
Character motivation
Comparison using like or as
Simile
Authors purpose
The authors attitudes, beliefs, heritage , or traditions reflected in writing
