Hodge Podge
The author's voice - can be positive, negative, or neutral
tone
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
What is personification?
A group of lines in poetry, often marked by the spacing between sections of the poem.
What is stanza?
words that have a similar meaning
synonym
The message of the story or poem
theme
Type of literature that is based on imaginary people, events, and/or places.
What is fiction?
Glittering white, the blanket of snow covered everything in sight.
Imagery
Sentences that support the main idea
supporting details
When you explain how something is similar to something else
compare
The author gives clues to something that will happen later on in the story
Foreshadowing
What figure of speech is used in the following?
"The boy felt like a lion because he was so courageous."
What is a simile?
Was the walrus waddling or walking?
alliteration
The author's purpose is to convince the reader to support an idea or cause
The lesson or moral of a story
Theme
When the author suddenly interrupts the flow of the story to jump back to earlier events
Flashback
Where and when a story takes place
What is the setting?
The runner is a cheetah on the 40 yard dash.
metaphor
When you use information from a source that you didn't create and don't cite it correctly
What is plagiarism?
When you don't understand a word and use the sentence around it to help you identify the word's meaning
Context clues
occurs at the beginning of the story - the setting and characters are usually introduced
exposition
An account of a real person's life, usually a person who is well known or famous.
What is a biography?
After the football team lost the close game, the silence in the crowd was deafening.
A point of view where the narrator knows a limited amount about the story
3rd Person Limited POV
the turning point or big change in the story
What is climax?