Terms
the story that is told, as in a novel, play, movie, etc.
plot
the beginning or introduction of a story
exposition
The name of my two kids.
Charlie and Sam
A comparison between two distinctly different things indicated by the word "like" or "as"(e.g., quiet as a mouse)
simile
"The girl walked slowly into the cold classroom"
girl, classroom
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
alliteration
The events that occur after the climax that wrap help wrap up the conflict.
falling action
Chicago
The technique of disrupting the order of events in a story by shifting to an earlier time in order to introduce information
flashback
"The girl walked slowly into the cold classroom"
walked
extravagant exaggeration
hyperbole
the decisive moment in a novel or play
climax
College where I obtained by undergraduate degree.
Purdue
The emotion(s) expressed by an author or artist in the rhetoric, structure, and/or perspective of his or her work
Mood
Find the adverb in the following sentence:
"The girl walked slowly into the cold classroom"
slowly
a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
metaphor
The last part of a story map
Resolution
How many years I have been teaching?
22
When an inanimate object or an abstract concept is spoken of as though it were endowed with life or with human attributes or feelings (e.g., The sun smiled down on us.)
personification
Find the adjective in the following sentence:
"The girl walked slowly into the cold classroom"
cold
using words that imitate the sound they denote
onomatopoeia
This is the part of the story that builds suspense and leads up to the climax
Rising Action
Month of my birthday...
March
Phrases or expressions that have meanings different from the literal (e.g., The kids clean their rooms once in a blue moon.)
idiom
The following are what part of speech:
with, on, for, after, at, in, against, near, between, on, below, over, into, etc.
preposition