It's a plot...
Hidden Messages
Who are these people anyway?
A matter of perspective
Random Vocabulary
100
establishes character, setting and conflict
What is exposition?
100
clues about what will happen later in a story
What is foreshadowing?
100
how authors let you know what kind of people are in their stories
What is characterization?
100
uses "I" and "me": a character is telling the story
What is first person point of view?
100
Drawing a conclusion about what you don't know, using what you do know, or, an "educated guess."
What is to infer, or make an inference.
200
the turning point of a story
What is the climax?
200
an account of something that happened before the beginning of or at an earlier point in a story
What is a flashback?
200
qualities characters have, like insecurity or bravery
What are character traits?
200
the voice telling the story
What is a narrator?
200
A smaller piece taken from a larger work of literature.
What is an excerpt?
300
struggle between opposing forces
What is conflict?
300
the feeling or atmosphere an author creates for the reader
What is mood?
300
complex, highly developed characters and simple, one-sided characters
What are round and flat characters?
300
knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character; uses "he, she, they" etc.
What is third person limited point of view?
300
when events are in order according to when they happened
What is chronological order?
400
the two parts of setting
What where and when a story takes place?
400
the attitude a writer takes toward a subject
What is tone?
400
why characters (or people) do the things they do
What is motivation?
400
an "all knowing" narrator
What is third person omniscient?
400
another word for story
What is narrative?
500
the final outcome of a story-ties up the loose ends
What is resolution?
500
an underlying message about life or human nature-it is NOT the moral of the story
What is theme?
500
characters who change, and characters who do not
What static and dynamic characters?
500
"you" are a character in the story
What is second person point of view?
500
a character who contrasts sharply with another; used to highlight certain traits
What is a foil?
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