Literary Elements
Plot Elements
Figurative Language
Academic Vocabulary
Irony
100
How the reader feels in response to the text.
What is mood?
100
The events that make up a story.
What is the plot?
100
An object that stands for something else, such as a larger idea.
What is symbolism?
100

To persuade, inform, entertain, explain/describe.

What is author's purpose?

100

A kind of irony wherein the audience knows things the characters aren't privy to. 

What is dramatic irony?

200
The author's attitude toward the topic.
What is tone?
200
Term for the opening or beginning of a story.

What is the exposition?

200
A non-linear plot structure that goes back in time.
What is a flashback?
200

Take it apart and examine the pieces closely.

What is analyze?

200

A kind of irony that employs a tone to express meaning something opposite of what's being said.

What is verbal irony?

300
The problem that drives the story and creates the action.
What is conflict?
300

Term for the turning point of the story.

What is the climax?

300
Painting a picture using the five senses.
What is imagery?
300

The meaning of the acronym C.E.R.

What is claim, evidence, response/reasoning?

300

A fire hydrant on fire is an example of this kind of irony.

What is situational irony?

400
The narrator is outside the story (characterized by the use of he, she, they, them, etc.)
What is 3rd person point of view?
400
Term for the final portion of a plot diagram or story structure. 

What is the resolution?

400
A hint of what will happen in the future.
What is foreshadowing (to foreshadow)?
400
Positive or negative emotions associated with a word based on the context in which it is used.
What is connotation?
400

The kind of irony that is essential to horror movie plots.

What is dramatic irony?

500
Highlights the differences between two characters.
What is a (character) foil?
500

The universal, central message of the story.

What is theme?

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

A store that's entitled Perfection has a sign that reads:  "Perfectoin," which is an example of this kind of irony.

What is situational irony?

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