What is the author's message; the HEART of the story and the intended lesson or morals realized.
100
Singular
What is what the subject and verb must both be to agree with each other.
100
Point of View
What is a position from which something is being observed (when it comes to literature, it is the person/thing telling the story).
100
Subject
What is the part of the sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about. Must contain a noun or a pronoun.
100
Characters
What is the people, animals, or other creatures in the story.
200
Resolution
What is the end of the story after the climax. In the resolution, readers learn what happens to the characters after the conflict is resolved.
200
Plural
What is what the subject and verb must both be in order to agree with each other.
200
First Person
What is uses the pronouns I, me, and my. You are hearing the story from the person it actually happened to.
200
Predicate
What is the part of the sentence that tells what it is the subject is doing. Must contain a verb.
200
Setting
What is where and when the story takes place.
300
Climax
What is like the mountain peak or the turning point in the story. It is when the plot changes for better or worse for the protagonist. The antagonist is often defeated at the climax.
300
The "One S" rule
What is if the verb is singular, it usually ends in an "s", if the noun is singular, it usually does NOT end in an "s". If the verb is plural it usually does NOT end in and "s", if the noun is plural, it usually ends in an "s".
300
Second Person
What is uses the pronoun you. The story is being told by someone else in the story, about the main character.
300
Interrogative
What is a type of sentence that asks a question. Must end with a question mark.
300
Exposition
What is the very first part of the plot. It provides background information on the characters and setting.
400
Conflict
What is the most important part of the story. It is what makes the story exciting. Conflicts are problems characters face.
400
Simile
What is two unlike things being compared using the words "like" or "as".
400
Third Person
What is uses the pronouns he, she, it, they, his, her, etc. This is when the story is being told by a third party or someone who was not involved in the event but saw or heard about it.
400
Exclamatory
What is a sentence that exclaims something, or expresses strong feeling.
400
Planning, Drafting, Revising, Editing, Publishing
What is the five steps in the writing process.
500
Plot
What is the way the series of events are ordered or sequenced. The plot is all the action that takes place in the story.
500
Metaphor
What is a word or phrase that is applied to an object or action that it does not literally denote.
500
Narrator
What is the person or thing who is telling the story.
500
Declarative/Imperative
What is a sentence that makes a statement or gives a command.
500
Revising vs. Editing
What is adding, removing, and changing information vs. checking for grammar, spelling, and mechanical errors.