| Caldecott Medal | awarded to the most distinguished American picture book published in the preceding year.
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| Characterization | the creation and convincing representation of a fictitious character.
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| Climax | the most intense moment in the development or resolution of the story plot.
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| Didacticism | the attempt by an author to preach a moral lesson
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| Literature | the imaginative shaping of life and thought into the forms and structures of language.
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| Narrator | the storyteller
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| Newbery Medal | a prestigious award given for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published in the preceding year.
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| Omniscient point of view | an all-knowing narrator.
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| Plot | the plan of action; it tells what the characters do and what happens to them.
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| Point of view | the author's choice of narrator and the way the narrator reveals the story.
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| Setting | the locale and time period in which the action of the book takes place.
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| Style | the author's selection and arrangement of words in presenting the story.
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| Theme | the larger meaning that lies beneath the story's surface.
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