Central Idea
This is the main idea of the story.
What is central idea.
The main character of the story, who is usually the hero.
What is the protagonist?
Comparing two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
The narrator uses "I" or "we."
What is first person point of view?
The lesson or moral of the story.
What is the theme?
Used to support the central idea
What are details? ?
The character in the story who opposes the main character, usually the villain.
Who is the antagonist?
Comparing two things WITHOUT using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
The narrator is not a character in the story and knows only one character's thoughts.
What is third person limited?
True or False, theme can be about human nature?
What is true?
Young girl who faces a challenge but learns the lesson of perseverance in Phillis's Big Test.
What is the central idea? ?
The character who tells the story.
Who is the narrator?
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
The narrator knows ALL the characters' thoughts and feelings.
What is third person omniscient?
True or false, a synonym for theme is life's lessons.
What is true?
It organizes details and connects new information.
Why is the central idea important in a story?
The person from which the story is told.
What is third person?
An extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
The narrator tells the story directly to the reader using "you."
What is second person point of view?
Theme is A. True for every story.
B. Universal truth.
c. Something the author directly states.
What is B?
Without the central idea the story won't have a ____?
What is meaning?
The qualities of the characters.
What are character traits?
Words that sound like their meaning, such abs "buzz" or "splash."
What is onomatopoeia?
The way the author looks at a topic or idea.
What is perspective?
How many themes can a story have?
What is more than one theme?