Pavel
Where's The Beef
Salt The Sheep
Skunk Face
100

a brief work of fiction which contains events invented by the author


Short Story

100

the event that introduces the conflict and sets it in motion


Inciting incident

100

the point of view in which the narrator is one of the characters and uses pronouns like I or me


First person

100

The narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of each character


Omniscient (perspective)

200

the narrator remains outside the story and refers to the characters with pronounce such as he, she, or they


3rd Person

200

a quality that determines how a character thinks or acts


Character traits
200

a type of fantasy that includes the imaginary treatment of scientific exploration space travel alternate worlds or alien creatures

Science Fiction

200

a minor weakness or serious moral failure

character flaw

300

providing the characters' actions or words but leaving the reader to infer

their traits

indirect characterization

300

includes the beliefs, customs, and thoughts that are characteristic of the time and place in which a work of literature is created


Cultural Context

300

using a person place thing or idea that means something in addition to itself

Symbolism

300

educated guesses about character traits or relationships within a story using context clues

Making Inferences

400

narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character


Limited (3rd person perspective)

400

educated guesses about what might happen in a story (that can be verified)

Making Predictions

400

a type of verbal irony which involves the representation of something as less important than it truly is

Understatement

400

an expression unique to itself that cannot be defined from the meanings of the individual words in the phrase

Idioms

500

an error in chronology or a thing out of harmony with the present

anachronism

500

When the character through which the story is told cannot be trusted to be accurate.


Unreliable Narrator

500

hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or passage that a reader can use to understand the meanings of new or unfamiliar words.

Context Clues

500

a reference to events that occurred before the action of the main story

Flashback

600

incapable of being comforted or encouraged

Inconsolable

600

where are phrases that are not part of standard vocabulary but often used by a particular group of people

Slang

600

the vocabulary, the grammar, and especially the pronunciation of a particular people group

Dialect

600

another word for imagery;

descriptive words or phrases used to create an impression that appeals to one of the five senses


Concrete language or Sensory Words