CONFLICT
FIG. LANGUAGE
PLOT
NONFICTION
POETRY
MISC.
100
Who or what is creating the conflict
Antagonist
100
Comparison of 2 things using 'like' or 'as'
Simile
100
This is the word used to explain where the story takes place.
Setting
100
Reasons, examples or other kinds of details that support a main idea
Supporting Details
100
The repeating of a word or phrase in a piece of writing, like a poem.
Repetition
100
Made up, imaginary stories, with characters and a setting, that are usually read for entertainment
Fiction
200
Internal Conflict
Man vs. Self
200
The sun stretched its lazy fingers over the valley.
Personification
200
Introduces character, setting, and conflict
Exposition
200
The point the author wants you to remember most.
Main Idea or Central Idea
200
The overall emotional quality of a work, which is created by the authors language and tone and the subject matter; how the author makes the reader feel
Mood
200
Using what you know to make a guess about what you don't know or reading between the lines
Inference
300
This external conflict has a character going against another character.
Man vs. Man
300
An extreme exaggeration that is not meant to be taken seriously.
Hyperbole
300
The most intense part of a story; usually a turning point
Climax
300
Features the author uses to help the reader better understand what they have read in nonfiction texts
Text Features
300
A group of words/lines in a poem.
Stanza
300
Narrator is a character in the story; uses first person "I" to tell the story
First Person
400
An external conflict where the main character thinks differently from society or the norm; rules, laws, traditions, and expectations
Man vs. Society
400
"My mother and I don't see eye to eye on the way I dress"
Idiom
400
the part of the story where the story/conflict is resolved
Resolution
400
If you are reading a text with an _________main idea, this means that the main idea is not directly stated in the text, but you can infer what it is.
Implied
400
The descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader
Imagery
400
The reason for or intent the author has in writing. (inform, persuade, entertain)
Author's Purpose
500
man vs. man
man vs. nature
man vs. society
man vs. physical obstacle
Types of External Conflict
500
Falling Action
500
A short statement or paragraph that tells what an article is about and does not include your opinion or irrelevant details; does not use the word "I"
Objective Summary
500
The voice or "persona" of a poem
Speaker
500
A tool authors use to give use hints about what will happen in the future
Foreshadowing
600
What is the Rhyme Scheme: 
A, A, B, C, C, B
600
A central message or insight into life revealed through the literary work.
Theme
700
How the author writes; how the author feels about what they are writing about
Tone