Figurative Language
Parts of a Story
Word Choice
Text Details
People and Texts
100
Uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation
Figurative Language
100
A person or other creature in a story ***
Character
100
The dictionary definition of the word
Denotation
100
What a piece of writing is mostly about
Main Idea
100
The person who is telling the story
Narrator
200
A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" ***
Simile
200
The time and place of the story's events ***
Setting
200
restating something using different words
Paraphrase
200
When the characters in a story speak (set off by quotation marks) ***
Dialogue
200
The person or persons to whom the writing is addressed
Audience 
300
A comparison of two unlike things not using the words "like" or "as" ***
Metaphor
300
The action of the story
Plot
300
The extra sense/feeling a word implies (positive/negative)
Connotation
300
A message the writer is trying to convey to the reader ***
Theme
300
The relationship of the narrator to the story (viewpoint)
Point of View
400
Gives animals or objects human qualities or characteristics ***
Personification
400
The main problem the character faces (with others, self, or nature)
Conflict
400
The use of vivid description to create a picture in the reader's mind ***
Imagery
400
The feeling or atmosphere in the story set by the author
Mood
400
When someone not in the story tells the story like an observer
3rd Person PoV
500
The deliberate use of exaggeration ***
Hyperbole
500
The point of greatest interest or suspense in the story
Climax
500
Words, phrases, or sentences that give meaning to unknown words
Context Clues
500
The author's attitude about his topic - can be positive, negative, or neutral
Tone
500
When a character in the story tells the story using I, me, my, or we
1st Person PoV
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