Elements of Literature 1
Elements of Literature 2
Figurative Language
Academic Vocabulary
Writing
100
The person telling the story.
Who is the Narrator?
100
Time and place of a story: when and where.
What is setting?
100
An object that stands for something else, such as a larger idea.
What is symbolism?
100
The reason the author wrote the piece.
What is author's purpose?
100

The first sentence of the essay that grabs the readers' attention.

What is a general statement?

200
How the reader feels in response to the text.
What is mood?
200
The problem that drives the story and creates the action.
What is conflict?
200
A non-linear plot structure that goes back in time.
What is a flashback?
200
Positive or negative emotions associated with a word based on the context in which it is used.
What is connotation?
200

An answer with two reasons. 

What is a thesis?

300
The author's attitude toward the topic.
What is tone?
300
The universal lesson, moral, or message the reader should learn from a story.
What is theme?
300
Painting a picture using the five senses.
What is imagery?
300
Examples/evidence that reinforces the thesis.
What is support?
300
To move smoothly from one topic to the next.
What is a transition?
400
Highlights the differences between two characters.
What is a (character) foil?
400
The events that make up a story.
What is the plot?
400
A hint of what will happen in the future.
What is foreshadowing (to foreshadow)?
400
Take it apart and examine the pieces closely.
What is analyze?
400
To say again.
What is restate?
500
The narrator is a character in the story (characterized by the use of I, me, and my).
What is 1st person point of view?
500
The narrator is outside the story (characterized by the use of he, she, they, them, etc.)
What is 3rd person point of view?
500
A reference to a historical, mythological, or cultural event or person.
What is allusion?
500
Use clues to come to a conclusion.
What is inference (to infer)?
500

You must include these to show you have direct evidence

What is are quotation marks? 

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