A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT PRESENT AND RESOLVE A PROBLEM; IT TELLS A STORY
Plot
100
The sequence of events in a story that follow the climax; when the conflict in a story starts to resolve
Falling Action
100
THE TIME AND PLACE A STORY OCCURS
Setting
100
EVENTS THAT HELP PREDICT WHAT WILL HAPPEN LATER IN A STORY
Foreshadowing
100
A word that means the opposite of another word.
Antonym
200
A PERSON IN A STORY
Character
200
THE TURNING POINT IN THE STORY. The moment of greatest tension in a story. This is often the most exciting event. It is the event that the rising action builds up to and that the falling action follows.
Climax
200
THE AUTHOR'S MESSAGE TO THE READER; THE LESSON THE AUTHOR WANTS THE READER TO UNDERSTAND
Theme
200
HINTS IN THE TEXT THAT HELP A READER UNDERSTAND A DIFFICULT OR UNUSUAL WORD
Context Clues
300
the main character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
Protagonist
300
The outcome or the resolution. How the story ends.
Denouemont
300
THE REASON AN AUTHOR WRITES; MAY BE PERSUASIVE, INFORMATIVE, OR ENTERTAINING
Purpose
300
To make an educated guess about the story based on evidence.
Inference
300
Nonstandard speech. A form of a language spoken in a particular geographical area or by members of a particular social class or occupational group, distinguished by its vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation
Dialect
400
THE OPPOSITION TO THE MAIN CHARACTER IN A STORY; THE ENEMY OF THE MAIN CHARACTER
Antagonist
400
A series of events that lead a story to the climax
Rising Action
400
An interruption in present time to show something that occurred in the past.
Flashback
400
a word that has the same meaning as another word
Synonym
400
THE MESSAGE OR IDEA THAT IS BEING PRESENTED IN PERSUASIVE WRITING
Claim
500
THE PROBLEM IN A STORY
Conflict
500
setting the scene. The writer introduces the characters and setting, providing description and background.
Exposition
500
The feeling that is created in the story
Mood
500
A word part added to the beginning of a word to make a new word.
Prefix
500
WRITING THAT GIVES INFORMATION TO THE READER: A TEXTBOOK, DIRECTIONS, NEWSPAPER ARTICLE