Characters
Adjectives that are used to describe a character’s personality.
What are Character Traits
The problem in a story.
What is conflict?
The series of events in a story.
What is plot?
Created by an author’s word choices and details of setting.
What is mood?
The author's attitude.
What is tone?
The main character of a story.
What is the protagonist?
An educated guess supported with evidence.
What is an inference?
Introduction
Quote
Explanation
What is a quote sandwich?
Oftentimes sarcasm.
What is verbal irony?
The narrator participates in the story. Uses “I” and “Me” pronouns.
What is First person narrative?
The reason a character does what they do.
What is motivation?
Examples:
“Friendship”
“Loyalty”
“Greed”
What are topics?
Example:
(Author, page number)
What is MLA formatting?
or
What is an in-text citation?
Imagery and mood are created by using these details.
What are sensory details?
Uses “he/she/they” pronouns, but can only see one character’s thoughts
What is third person limited point of view?
The character or force the protagonist must overcome.
What is the antagonist?
Example:
“Greed can cause good people to forget their goodness.”
What is a theme statement?
A clue about what may happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
The perspective which can change the way the reader experiences, understands, and relates to the story.
What is point of view?
The narrator is outside of the story and the reader can see inside all the characters' minds.
What is third person omniscient?
Evidence from the text that helps us to identify character traits.
What is S.T.E.A.L. evidence?
The insight or message about life or the world that the author wants to share.
What is theme?
Title and Author
Main Characters
Setting
Main Problem
Main Events
Solution
What is a summary?
Example:
“The killer stood silently in the shadows. Claudia passed within a hair’s breadth of the waiting knife, oblivious.”.
What is dramatic irony?
Example:
“The whispering wind brushed against me, cold as death, and just as rotten.”
What is mood?
What are sensory details?