Elements of Plot
The most exciting action or the turning point in the plot sequence, usually based on the conflict (problem)
Climax
This point of view allows the narrator to tell his or her own story.
1st person
An underlying message, or 'big idea" in a literary piece.
Theme
I've told you to clean your room a million times.
Hyperbole
The attitude of the author. He uses this attitude to create a mood for the reader.
Tone
Introduces the setting and the characters
Exposition
The narrator is not in the story but shares the thoughts and feelings of ALL characters.
Third person omniscient
Taking a lot of information and creating a condensed version that covers the main points.
Summarizing
Tom is a couch potato. All he likes to do is sit on the couch and play video games.
Metaphor
A dictionary meaning for a word
Denotation
Action that occurs after the Exposition and leads to the Climax
Rising Action
The narrator is not in the story but shares the thoughts and feelings of ONE of the characters only.
3rd Person Limited
It represents what the piece is about. In a piece of writing, it is the point that the author wants you to remember most.
Central or Main Idea
The audience listened to his spellbinding speech as quietly as mice.
Simile
The feeling that a reader gets when reading. The writer usually creates this with the tone he uses.
Mood
Tells us how the problem is solved
Resolution
My plan was clear and concise, I think. For many years I have traveled in many parts of the world. In America I lived in New York.
1st Person
Sub headings, Maps, Charts, Pictures, Timelines, Notes in margins
Text Features
The moon asked the starts to dance.
Personification
Goes beyond the literal meanings of the words to give readers new insights. Dresses or colors up the meaning to enhance the reader's imagination.
Figurative Language
The events that lead to the Resolution
Falling Action
Violet liked to skip rocks. Klaus, the middle child and the only boy, liked to examine creatures in tide pools and Sunny, the youngest, liked to bite things.
3rd Person Omniscient
Figuring out the meaning of a word by how it is used in a passage.
Word meaning in Context
Bleep, bleep. The siren went off right behind us.
Onomatopoeia
an idea or feeling that a word creates in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Connotation