Elements of Fiction
The main character in a story.
What is the protagonist?
Compares two different things using like or as
What is a simile
A person, place, thing or idea.
What is a noun?
The main point or argument of a piece of writing. Often the last sentence of the first paragraph.
What is a claim or thesis?
"Up the Slide"
Who is Jack London?
compares two different things without using like or as. For example, "It is the East, and Juliet is the sun."
What is a metaphor
Action words.
What is a verb?
In a literary analysis, you need this in order to explain your point.
What is proof or citing the text?
"The Fall of the House of Usher"
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
Giving inanimate objects (i.e. things) human-like qualities. For example, "The ocean heaved a sigh."
What is personification?
What is the subject?
Words and phrases used between ideas, such as: "next", "also", and "furthermore".
What are transition words?
"The Speckled Band" (Sherlock Holmes)
Who is Arthur Conan Doyle?
The attitude the author/speaker has towards it subject.
What is tone?
The receiver of a direct object.
What is an indirect object?
A phrase to introduce evidence in a paragraph.
What is "For example"?
"Cub Pilot on the Mississippi"
Who is Mark Twain?
Repeating the same sound at the beginning of words in a phrase or a sentence. For example, "same sound", Dunkin' Donuts", and "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers".
What is Alliteration?
A type of word that shows location. For example, "I went through the tunnel."
What is a preposition?
A kind of writing for which the purpose is to convince someone to do something or believe something.
What is persuasive writing?
"The Most Dangerous Game"
Who is Richard Connell?