Literary Tools
To quote as evidence to support a response
Cite
The time and place of a story
setting
Person, place or thing
Noun
Unwilling or unable to believe something
Incredulous
Harsh, cutting language or tone intended to ridicule or make fun of
sarcasm
To examine the parts of something in detail
Analyze
The sequence of events that form a story
Plot
Action word
Verb
In a casually calm and relaxed manner
nonchalantly
To draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear
wince
To use your understanding of a text and your own experiences to draw conclusions.
Make inferences
An individual in a literary work whose thoughts, feelings, actions, and reactions move the action of the plot forward.
Character
Describes a noun
Adjective
Showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention
rebellious
Feeling sorrowful or regret
rueful
Precisely and clearly stated
explicit
Main character in a story
Protagonist
Describes a verb
Adverb
A newspaper article written on behalf of an editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue
editorial
Wide-ranging knowledge and appreciation of many parts of the world arising from urban life and wide travel
Sophisticated
Implied, but not stated directly
Implicit
A character or force in conflict with the main character
Antagonist
These three things should always be capitalized
Proper names, titles and the beginning of sentences
Difficult or impossible to understand
unfathomable
Uneasy or fearful about something that might happen
Apprehensive