A major division in a play
What is an act?
When there is a repitition of a sound at the beginning of a word
"Silly Sally Sue Sang"
What is alliteration?
To seperate into parts and examine
What is analyze?
Expressing a position on a problem and support it with reasons or evidence
What is an an argument?
The point of greatest interest in the story
What is the climax?
A force working against the main character, usually another character
What is an antagonist?
Great exaggeration used to emphasize a point
What is Hyperbole?
A short story or small piece of information
What is an anecdote?
Provides information about a graphic
What is a caption?
A struggle between two forces
What is a conflict?
The universal lesson in the story
What is the author's message?
"put a lid on it"
What is an idiom?
The reason why the author wrote the text
What is the author's purpose?
A position on an issue or problem
What is a claim?
Written conversation between two or more characters
What is dialogue
The qualities shown by a character
What is a character trait?
"You're a firework"
What is a metaphor?
To help to cause or bring about
What is to contribute?
A short extract from a film, broadcast, piece of music, or writing
What is an excerpt?
A conflict that involves a character that struggles against a force outside of themselves.
What is an external conflict?
The people, animals, or things that are the main focus of a story
characters
Speaking of something that is not human as if it had human abilities and human reactions
what is personification
To make known or express
What is to convey?
The most important idea about a topic that the writer is trying to show
What is the main idea?
The point in the plot when story begins to draw to a close
What is the falling action?