Plot Structure
Buzz Words 1
Literary Devices/Techniques
Story/Text Features
Buzz Words 2
100

fight between the main character and something else

conflict

100

show (starts with a C)

convey

100

non literal language that adds meaning

figurative language

100

a piece of a text

excerpt

100

show (starts with a D)

demonstrate

200
all the stuff between the exposition and the climax

rising action

200

start

initiate

200
comparison between two things using like/as

simile

200

when an author compares two things to show the difference between them

contrast

200

probably/has the best chance 

most likely

300
the point of highest interest in the story

climax

300

necessary information surrounding a situation

context

300
calling one thing another thing to show a non-literal relationship (a car is freedom)

metaphor

300

an element of the story that causes anxiety or stress for the reader/character

tension

300

end

conclude

400

when all the main problems have been solved/the end

resolution
400

to take an idea, character, or theme, and build on it to make it more complex or bigger

develop

400

a guess on what'll happen next

prediction

400

the way an author thinks/feels about a topic

attitude

400

shows (starts with an E)

expresses

500

highest point of interest in a story (aka climax) OR when something happens in a story that causes the rest of the story to be different

turning point

500

where something comes from

originating

500

descriptive language that creates mental pictures for the reader

sensory language

500

when the author hints at something that'll happen later in the story

foreshadow

500

educated guess

inference

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