Big Ideas
The voice or persona telling a fictional story.
What is a narrator?
Compares two unlike things by stating that one thing is like another.
What is a simile?
The author's choice of words.
What is diction?
A scene that interrupts the established linear narrative of a text, often introducing character backgrounds and other important details.
What is a flashback?
Undergoes a significant change throughout a narrative.
What is a dynamic character?
The act of giving human qualities to a non-human object, emotion, or entity.
What is personification?
Sensory impressions evoked through descriptive language in a text.
What is imagery?
A commonly used character type which often acts as a symbol.
What is an archetype?
The level of access the narrator has to the thoughts and feelings of the characters (relates to who is telling a story).
What is point of view?
Compares two unlike things by stating that one thing is another.
What is a metaphor?
The arrangement of words and length of a sentence.
What is syntax.
A reference to something outside a text.
What is an allusion?
Remains unchanged throughout the course of a narrative.
What is a static character?
A tangible object that represents something intangible or abstract.
What is a symbol?
A manner of speaking that is characteristic of a certain social group or of the inhabitants of a certain geographical area.
What is dialect?
The act of contrasting two objects or images side by side to highlight their differences.
What is juxtaposition?
The narrators inner thoughts and view on the world, characters, and events (how a story is told and perceived).
What is perspective?
Compares two unlike things without directly stating the comparison.
What is an implied metaphor?
The associated feelings or ideas that a particular word evokes.
What is connotation?
A statement that contradicts itself, or that must be both true and untrue at the same time.
What is a paradox?