Narrative Elements
What is the main problem in a story called?
Conflict
Short stories are usually shorter than what form of text?
Novels
When the same word or sound is repeated multiple times it is known as...
Repetition
What is the lesson or message of a story called?
Theme(s)
What technique compares two things using "like" or "as"?
Simile
What do we call the people in a story?
Characters
What is the beginning of a story called?
Orientation
When a word ending is the same or sounds similar it is known as...
Rhyme
What theme is often found in coming-of-age stories?
Growing up / identity
What technique says one thing is another? (time was frozen)
Metaphor
What is the setting?
Time and Place
What is the series of events that build tension called?
Rising Action
What is imagery ?
Anything thing that invokes the senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, smell) (she was tall, her hair shone like melting lava, and she smelt like roses)
How is theme different from plot?
(Theme is the message; plot is what happens)
What is repetition?
Repeating words or phrases for effect
What is the turning point of a story called? The biggest moment.
Climax
What is foreshadowing?
Hinting at future events.
Why might a poet use imagery?
To create feeling and vivid pictures in the readers mind
What makes a theme different to a symbol
Theme is a message (lesson) symbol is an object that represents a theme.
What technique gives human qualities to non-human things?
Personification
What narrative element is revealed through a character's actions, thoughts, and dialogue?
Characterisation
What is an ending with unanswered questions called?
Cliffhanger
A unit of lines in a poem is called a...
stanza
What evidence should you use to support a theme?
Examples / quotes from the text
When objects represent a larger idea or theme it is known as what?
E.G red love heart = love or romance
Symbolism