Plot & Setting
The part of the story where the characters are introduced.
Exposition
The main character of a story.
Protagonist
POV that shares thoughts and feelings of a character telling the story.
First Person POV
The author’s purpose when s/he is trying to convince the audience
Argument/to persuade
A comparison using “like” or “as”
Simile
The turning point in the story when the main conflict is about to be resolved.
Climax
The type of conflict when a character struggles against a government.
Character v. Society
The POV when the narrator knows everything about all the characters.
omniscient
The most important idea or message the author conveys in a literary text.
Theme
The old house grumbled in the wind.
Personification
The rising action in a story about a person lost on a desert island.
Events that portray how the person will try to get off the island
A character’s internal struggle with a difficult decision.
Internal conflict
The central message or universal truth about life in a story.
Theme
Author’s voice and word choices create this.
Tone
The city was a concrete jungle is an example of this technique.
Metaphor
When an author uses examples or stories from his or her life in their writing
Anecdote
When an author inserts conversations between characters
Dialogue
A narrator outside of the action is telling the story but doesn’t tell all the characters’ thoughts & feelings
Third Person Limited
Why and how an author is writing is called this.
Author's Purpose
I have a mountain of homework to do is an example of this technique.
figurative language/hyperbole