PLOT
The term for the most exciting part of the story (can be life or death)
What is "Climax"?
The physical background of the story - Where and when the story takes place
What is setting?
Any person, animal, or figure represented in a literary work.
What is a character?
When one thing is compared to another using the words "like" or "as" to show how they are similar.
What is a simile?
The author is trying to make you enjoy the story by keeping the reader's attention
What is to entertain?
In this type of conflict two characters are opposed to each other. (man vs ____)
What is man vs man?
Some significant event that gets the plot rising in action. This introduces readers to the conflict.
What is "Inciting Incident"?
When the writer organizes setting, action, and characters as to suggest a dominant emotion. It is how YOU feel as you are reading.
What is mood?
The term for the main character in a story
What is the protagonist?
When a word is designed to be an imitation of a sound
What is an onomatopoeia?
The author is trying to get the reader to try or do something
What is to persuade?
What links one plot point to another. It is what gives your characters something to fight for and a reason to change.
What is conflict?
involves all events leading to the climax. The conflict between characters develops and becomes more pronounced
What is "rising action"?
The writer’s attitude towards characters, settings, and conflicts in his/her writing.
What is tone?
The term for when a character which is against the protagonist.
What is the antagonist?
intent or obvious exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
The author gives the reader information or facts
What is to inform?
The character's inner struggles (man vs ____)
What is man vs self?
This part of the story is at the beginning and tells about characters and setting.
What is "exposition"?
Any descriptions in a text that appeal to readers' five senses.
What is imagery?
The individual qualities that make up a character
What are traits?
Compares two seemingly unlike things but implies the connection WITHOUT using like or as
What is a metaphor?
The author uses some of the senses to tell about a topic
What is to describe?
The conflict between the main character and forces of nature (earthquake, tornado, flood, ants) (man vs ____)
What is man vs nature?
Tying up loose ends in the story. The protagonist may reflect on what happened
What is resolution?
This is a concise overview of the text's main points in YOUR OWN WORDS.
What is a summary?
the qualities that makes an individual who he/she is
What is personality?
a figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, or an idea is given human characteristics
What is personification?
The author writes the steps the reader will follow
What is to explain?
The type of conflict where the main character battles the government for social change? (man vs ____)
What is man vs society?