Lights, camera, action!
Helps a reader feel writing through their bodies
Sensory description
Abstract, disembodied information
Exposition
The main message or argument
The controlling idea
Comparing two things by using “like” or “as”
Simile
How language is structured in writing
Grammar
Describes movement happening moment-to-moment
Scene
The chronological order of events that take place
Plot
The meaning behind a chronology of events
Story
Comparing two things without using “like” or “as”
Metaphor
Your own, unique grammar
Voice
A person or thing that acts in a story
Character
The literal, not thematic, conflict
External narrative
The thematic, not literal, conflict
Internal narrative
Starting without a message or point already in mind
Exploratory style
Distraction, unnecessary repetition, bloat
Clutter
A place or world where action takes place
Setting
Blocks out what parts of a story are scenes and what parts are exposition
Box structure
The implicit message that is not directly explained to an audience
Subtext
Metaphors disconnected from their original image
Dead metaphors
How words and phrases are arranged into sentences
Syntax
Makes change necessary in what used to be a stable world
Inciting incident
Packages ideas for a reader and can build muscle memory for other types of writing
Narrative
What happens when the main message or argument is challenged
Central tension
When an inhuman thing is made to seem human
Personification
Supposedly “correct” and made uniform by books and national curricula
Standard English