STORY STRUCTURE
This part of a story introduces characters, setting, and background information.
➡️ What is Exposition?
The author’s attitude toward the subject or audience.
➡️ What is Tone?
The use of objects or actions to represent deeper ideas.
➡️ What is Symbolism?
When the audience knows something the characters do not.
➡️ What is Dramatic Irony?
A word that means the same or nearly the same as another word.
➡️ What is a Synonym?
The struggle between opposing forces that drives the plot.
➡️ What is Conflict?
The emotional feeling created for the reader.
➡️ What is Mood?
An indirect reference to another work, person, or event.
➡️ What is Allusion?
A speech where a character reveals thoughts aloud while alone.
➡️ What is a Soliloquy?
A word that means the opposite of another word.
➡️ What is an Antonym?
The time and place where a story occurs.
➡️ What is Setting?
The use of sensory details to create vivid mental images.
➡️ What is Imagery?
A conclusion a reader draws based on evidence and reasoning.
➡️ What is an Inference?
The overall emotional atmosphere of a scene in a play.
➡️ What is Mood?
Replacing “happy” with “joyful” in an essay demonstrates this.
➡️ What is a Synonym?
**DAILY DOUBLE** A brief retelling of only the most important events of a story.
➡️ What is a Summary?
The repetition of words or phrases for emphasis.
➡️ What is Repetition?
A statement or belief that has not yet been supported with proof.
➡️ What is a Claim?
A playwright known for works like Hamlet and Macbeth.
➡️ Who is Shakespeare?
Replacing “success” with “failure” demonstrates this.
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Replacing “success” with “failure” demonstrates this.
➡️ What is an Antonym?
The methods an author uses to reveal a character’s personality.
➡️ What is Characterization?
A sharp contrast between two opposing ideas in the same sentence.
➡️ What is Antithesis?
Facts or quotations used to support a claim.
➡️ What is Evidence?
**DAILY DOUBLE** When Hamlet wears black clothes because he is mourning the death of his father.
➡️ What is Symbolism?
Visually descriptive language
What is imagery?