Vocabulary
Plot Elements
Latin Roots
Plot Diagram
Parts of Stories
100

A word that takes place of a noun is...

a Pronoun!

100


progressing from one stage to another in a single series of steps; sequential.

Linear!

100

to hear

-aud-

100

represents the conclusion of the story, where the central conflicts are resolved and a sense of closure is achieved

Resolution!

100

setting, characters, and basic situation...

Plot!

200

Word choice...

Diction!

200

containing or consisting of a series of loosely connected parts or events.

Episodic!

200

against

-contra-

200

the part that follows the climax and leads to the resolution

Falling Action!

200

central idea of the text...

Main Idea!

300
Nonhuman subject is given human characteristics...

Personification!

300

move to a scene in a movie, novel, etc. that is set in a time earlier than the main story.

Flashback!

300

to throw

-ject-

300

the highest or most intense point in something, often the turning point or resolution

Climax!

300

sound recorded from radio broadcast, television shows, or films of the past decades...

Sound Devices!

400

To restate the text in your own words...

Paraphrase!

400

move to a scene in a movie, novel, etc. that is set in a time earlier than the main story.

Parallel!

400

bad

-mal-

400

the sequence of events that occur after the inciting incident and before the climax

Rising Action!

400

central message or insight of a text...

Theme!

500

same letter or sound in the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words...

Alliteration!

500

be a warning or indication of (a future event).

Foreshadowing!

500

to write

-scrib/script-

500

the initial part that introduces the reader to essential background information.

Exposition!

500

literary genre marked by gloomy or eerie moods and bleak, remote settings, weird incidents, the supernatural...

Gothic!

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