Group 1
Main character - good guy, changes due to events in the story
Protagonist
Main character - bad guy/going against the protagonist
Antagonist
Feeling created in the reader by details and words used in the story
Mood
Anything that stands for or represents something else
Hint: flag= freedom, hill=hard time in life
Symbol
Where the story takes place also the time period ( when and where )
Setting
A part in the story where a character remembers a past experience to tell the reader about an earlier time or event
Flashback
When the reader is given hints or clues that suggest what will happen in the future
Foreshadowing
The writer’s attitude towards what he/she is writing about
Hint:could be humorous, serious, bitter, etc…
Tone
The central message or what the story is trying to tell the reader...what are they trying to teach you/lesson learned
Theme
A character within the story that tells/recounts his/her own experience.(1 character’s feelings)
Hint- I , me, my, mine, our
First Person Point of View
A character who only has one trait that is the same all throughout the story/no layers
Flat character
Character who has many characteristics - good and bad traits- throughout the story
Round character
Character changes throughout the story
Dynamic character
Character who remains the same throughout the story/no big changes
Static character
Type of struggle between opposite sides ( 3 types - man vs man, man vs himself, man vs nature/society)
conflict
The author tells the reader specifically about the character in a story
Direct characterization
Other characters tell the reader about traits of characters or the reader learns about the characters from their actions
Indirect characterization
When the character says the opposite of what they actually mean
Example: “ I love having homework on the weekends!”
Verbal Irony
The opposite of what is expected happens-
Example: Stress relieving candle causes house fire.
Situational Irony
When the reader knows more information than the characters in the story
Example: The reader knows Juliet is sleeping but all the characters in the story think she is dead.
Dramatic Irony
Mainly used in recipes, instruction manual, giving directions, poetry
Hints: you, yours
2nd person point of view
The narrator remains a detached observer, telling only the story action and dialogue
Hint: he, she, it, they
Third Person OBJECTIVE
POV
The narrator tells the story from the viewpoint of ONE character in the story.
Hint: he, she, it, they
Third Person LIMITED POV
Obvious exaggeration
Hint: It is so cold even the snow turned blue.
Hyperbole
Comparing two unlike thing
Hint: Her hair was spun gold.
metaphor