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short story
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a brief work of fiction that contains essential elements of a literature such as setting, plot, conflict
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extinguish
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to put out
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genre
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a division or type of literature ex: poetry, novels, short stories, biography, etc.
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descriptive writing
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words that communicate vivid pictures
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flashback
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a scene within a story that interrupts the normal sequence of events to provide information relative to the story
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sensory language
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appeals to a reader's five senses
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resolution
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the end of the central conflict where a problem is resloved
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simile
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a comparison of unlike things using like or as
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foreshadowing
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the author's use of clues to hint at what might happen
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setting
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the time and place that a story takes place
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