The Stolen Party
The White Umbrella
Key Literary Terms Part 1
Key Literary Terms Part 2
Vocabulary
100

The main character of the story.

Who is Rosaura?

100

The object the narrator wants more than anything.

What is The White Umbrella?

100

The message or lesson of the story.

What is the Theme?

100

The way a problem is solved in a narrative.

What is resolution?

100

A fight, clash, or disagreement.

What is Confrontation?

200

The warming Rosaura’s mother gives her about rich people.

What is all rich people are liars?

200

The narrator is ashamed of this.

What is her mother working?

200

The author uses she, he, her and him and only gives us the main characters emotions.

What is 3rd person limited point of view.

200

The narrators position or perspective in telling a story.

What is Point of View?

200

Polite behavior, showing respect.

What is courtesy?

300

The magician calls Rosaura this.

What is a Countess?

300

The narrator seeks this from Eugenia and the piano teacher.

What is acceptance and/or belonging?

300

These are a group of lines in a poem.

What is a stanza?

300

The author tells us specific character traits.

What is direct characterization?

300

A person’s reason for doing something.

What is Motivation?

400

The Yo-Yo and the bracelet are a symbol of this.

What is being invited, being a guest and Luciana’s friend?

400

This incident makes the narrator change.

What is the car accident and fear that her mom died?

400

The struggle between a character and an outside force.

What is external conflict?

400

The writers attitude toward the subject.

What is tone?

400

Something regarded as holy or very important.

What is Sacred?

500

The main theme of the story.

What is social inequality/loss of innocence, rich vs poor?

500

The umbrella symbolizes this?

What is fitting in or belonging?

500

Characters, plot, setting, point of view, and theme.

What are elements of a narrative or narrative writing?

500

The Umbrella in The White Umbrella and the Yo-Yo/bracelet in The Stolen Party Are examples of this.

What is Symbolism?

500

Approval and sense of belonging.

What is acceptance?

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