Plot
The sequence of events in a story, creates action
What is a "Plot."
The author sets the scene and explains what's going on.
What is "Exposition."
An individual event in a story.
What is a "Scene."
Is the way an author creates an attitude or mood in a piece of writing.
What is "Tone."
A comparison of one thing with another.
What is "Simile."
The way events work together to create excitement in a story.
What is "Drama."
A series of crisis that lead to the climax.
What is "Rising Action."
Creating a series of drawings that represent a plot.
What is "Storyboarding."
A way of understanding or explaining something.
What is "Interpretation."
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action where it does not literally apply.
What is "Metaphor."
The part of a story where the problems are resolved.
What is "Resolution."
The most exciting moment of a story, where both people and events change.
What is "Climax."
Things that characters say to one another in a story.
What is "Dialogue."
Goes beyond a word's simple meaning to the things that the word is associated with.
What is "Connotative Language."
Is a reference to another work of art or culture.
What is an "Allusion."
The main path that a story takes.
What is "Plotline."
The events that follow the climax.
What is "Falling Action."
Language that tells the reader how things are, look, sound, or feel.
What is "Description."
Refers to the decisions an author uses about what words to use.
What is "Word Choice."
Tell a story-so to write one, a poet must have a story to tell.
What is "Narrative Poems."
A German novelist and playwright.
Who is "Gustav Freytag."
The conclusion, in which all the tensions of the plot are resolved.
What is "Resolution."
Is the unifying idea in a piece of writing.
What is a "Theme."
Occurs when the sounds at the end of words are the same.
What is "Rhyme."
Are like songs in rhythm or subject matter.
What is "Lyrical Poems."