CORE ELEMENTS
People, animals, or things in a story
CHARACTERS
Lines spoken by characters in a story
DIALOGUE
Plot is wrapped up, questions are answered, and conflicts are resolved
RESOLUTION
The viewpoint from which a story is told
POINT OF VIEW
Hints or clues about what will happen later in the story
FORESHADOWING
Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman (the trees danced in the wind)
PERSONIFICATION
The feeling created by the story
MOOD
The time and place of a story
SETTING
This character undergoes the main conflict in a story
PROTAGONIST
The most exciting part of the story for the protagonist; usually a turning point
The narrator is a person in the story, telling from their point of view
FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW
An interruption in the plot to recreate an event from an earlier time
FLASHBACK
Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words (tongue twisters)
ALLITERATION
Why the author wrote a particular piece of writing
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE
The sequence of events that make up a story
PLOT
This character works against the main character
ANTAGONIST
Where the conflict begins and pushes the protagonist through a series of obstacles to overcome it
RISING ACTION
The narrator tells the thoughts and feelings of one character
THIRD PERSON LIMITED POINT OF VIEW
Anxiety a reader feels about what will happen next in a story
SUSPENSE
An extreme exaggeration (Mrs. Henderson gave us a ton of vocab words)
HYPERBOLE
The event in the plot that kicks off the conflict
INCITING INCIDENT
The lesson a story reveals about life
THEME
When a character struggles against an external force (another character, nature, society, fate, technology, etc).
EXTERNAL CONFLICT
Events after that climax that move the conflicts toward resolution
FALLING ACTION
The narrator tells events and dialogue without the thoughts or feelings of the characters
THIRD PERSON OBJECTIVE POINT OF VIEW
A contrast between what is expected and what happens
IRONY
A word that sounds like the noise it makes (boom, snap, click)
ONOMATOPOEIA
The attitude the writer takes toward a subject
TONE
The struggle between opposing chars or forces
CONFLICT
Exists within the mind of a character who is torn between opposing feelings
INTERNAL CONFLICT
The beginning of the story, where the characters, setting, and background info are introduced
EXPOSITION
The narrator tells the thoughts and feelings of all characters
THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT POINT OF VIEW
When a person, place, or thing stands for something beyond itself
SYMBOLISM
A common phrase that means something different from its literal meaning (when pigs fly--meaning: it will never happen)
IDIOM
Using the 5 senses to create pictures in the reader’s mind (describe how something looks, what it smells like, what it tastes like, how it sounds, and how it feels to the touch)
IMAGERY