Point of View
Uses the pronouns I, me, my, we, our, ours
What is First Person?
Tell about it, use details
What is describe?
Tells all the ways they are the same
What is compare?
Returning to an earlier time in order to clarify meaning in the present
What is flashback?
The sequence of events in a work of literature
What is plot?
The perspective from which the story is told
What is Point of View?
Tell how or why-make it easy to understand
What is explain?
Tells all the ways they are different
What is contrast?
Hinting at what's to come in the story
What is foreshadowing?
The struggles between 2 or more forces: man vs self, man vs man, man vs nature
What is conflict?
Uses the pronouns he, she, him, her, they, them
What is third person?
Make it shorter, tell only the important parts
What is summarize?
Why something happens and what happens as a result
What is cause and effect?
Description using the 5 senses; sight, smell, sound, taste, touch
What is imagery?
The first obstacles a character faces in the story
What is rising action?
Uses the pronoun you
What is second person?
Break into parts and examine closely
What is analyze?
Order of events or steps in a process
What is sequence?
An object, person, or place used to represent something else
What is symbolism?
The turning point when the character understands how to solve the conflict
What is climax?
When the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of only one of the characters
What is 3rd person limited?
Judge the value or worth
What is evaluate?
Tells about a topic, idea, person or thing by giving specific information about it
What is description?
The underlying main idea of a work; a life lesson or message
What is theme?
The results or effects of the climax
What is falling action?