Theme & Summary
The universal message or lesson of a story the author attempts to convey.
What is a theme?
A character that lacks depth or complexity.
What is a flat character?
Information in a story that is directly stated by the author with no guessing required is known by this 8-letter word.
What is explicit?
The central struggle between opposing forces in a story—which drives the plot and helps reveal the theme—is called this.
What is conflict?
The time and place of the action in a book, play, story, etc.
What is the setting?
A character that does not grow or change throughout a story.
What is a flat character?
This reading comprehension building block is formed by combining explicit details directly stated in the text with your own prior background knowledge.
What is an inference?
A genre or category of literature generally designed to be presented to an audience by actors on stage that relies heavily on dialogue
What is a drama?
A brief account of a text’s central or main points, themes or ideas that is free of bias, prejudice and personal opinion and does not incorporate outside information.
What is a summary?
Characterization that involves the author explicitly telling us information about a character.
What is direct characterization?
Evidence found within a particular text used to support or explain conclusions, opinions, and/or assertions about the text itself
What is text evidence?
When a line of dialogue or event pushes the story forward into the next phase of the plot, it is said to do this to the action.
What is propel?
The sequence of events in a story, play, movie, etc.
What is the plot?
A character that both has depth and grows and changes throughout a story.
What is a dynamic, round character?
If a story states "The thermometer read 95 degrees and Sarah wiped sweat from her forehead," stating it is hot outside is an example of doing this.
What is making an inference?
Things that characters say in a story, drama, film, etc.
What is dialogue?
If "courage" is the topic of a novel, this statement—"True courage is standing up for what is right, even when standing alone"—serves as this.
What is a theme?
Characterization that the author does by showing us things about a character (i.e. what they do, wear, how others view them...).
What is indirect characterization?
When evaluating two pieces of evidence, the one that is directly and logically connected to your argument is considered this.
What is most relevant evidence?
A minor incident early in a story that seems unimportant at first but later causes a massive turning point is an example of this plot device.
What is foreshadowing?