The part of the story that gives information about the background place and time, and characters' problems and conflicts. Also a kind of writing that explains or gives information.
What is the exposition ?
100
A story that is not true, a made up tale
What is fiction?
100
One of the characters, using the personal pronoun I, tells the story. We can know only what this person knows, and observe only what this person observes.
What is first - person point of view?
100
The use of words whose sounds imitate or suggest their meaning (ex. tweet, tick - tock, boom, buzz, squeek, or splash)
What is onomatopoeia
100
A picture or diagram that explains or decorates.
What is an illustration?
200
The point in a story that creates the greatest suspense or interest
What is the climax?
200
An account of a person's life, or part of it, written or told by another person
What is a biography?
200
The author addresses his or her communication to the reader. The personal pronoun, you, is used. This point of view is usually found in how to manuals, and rules of some kind
What is second - person point of view?
200
A person, place, thing, or evnt that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well.
What is a symbol?
200
The arrangement of events in the order in which they occured
What is chronological order?
300
The time and place of a story, play, or narrative poem
What is the setting?
300
Writing that deals with real people, places, things and events
What is non-fiction?
300
The narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character. We are able to see te action through the eyes of only one character in the story.
What is third -person limited point of view?
300
A contrast between expectation and reality, or saying something, but meaning the opposite.
What is irony?
300
The overall FEELING of a work of literature
What is mood (atmosphere)?
400
A struggle between opposing characters or opposing forces, it can be internal or external.
What is conflict?
400
A person's account of his or her own life, or part of it
What is an autobiography ?
400
The narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems. This all- knowing narrator can tell us about the past, present, and future as well as what the characters are thinking.
What is third - person omniscient point of view?
400
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as if it had human feelings, thoughts or attitudes
What is personification?
400
The reasons a character behaves in a certain way
What is motivation?
500
The final part of a story in which the problem is resolved and the story is brought to a close
What is the resolution?
500
A comparison made between two things to show how they are alike
What is an analogy?
500
The attitude that a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, and audience
What is tone?
500
The use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot
What is foreshadowing?
500
The uncertainty or anxiety that a reader feels about what will happen next in a story, novel, or drama