Vocab
A person who goes before others
pioneer
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing or idea
A character that changes
Dynamic
A series of related events that tell a story (narrative).
Plot
Writing based on the imagination is called
Fiction
The reader is in the text
2nd person
time and place in which a story/scene takes place
setting
A deadly disease that spreads rapidly
plague
An action or state of being
Verb
A character that does not change
Static
The point when the problem is solved or discovered to be unsolvable.
Climax
Writing based on actual events is called
Non-fiction
Follows all or most characters
3rd person oomniscient
feeling created by the text
mood
To sink to a lower level
A word that describes a noun
Adjective
A principal participant in the story.
Main Character
The attempts to solve the central conflict.
Rising Action
Writing meant to be performed
Drama
the narrator is a character in the text
1st person
attitude of the speaker/character towards something
tone
Not done on purpose
unwitting
What do adverbs describe?
VERBS! and adjectives and other adverbs
A character with limited personality; a sterotype
Flat
The reaction to the climax.
Falling Action
A division of literature.
Genre
Narrates only what can be seen or heard
3rd person objective
when a character struggles with their own thinking
internal conflict
Forceful anger
wrath
What part of speech is this:
WOW!
Interjection
Maintains a limited role in the story.
Minor Character
The part of the plot that introduces the main characters, setting, and mood of a narrative.
Exposition
Writing not done in standard paragraph form is called
Verse
follows one character
3rd person limited
when a character desires something but cannot have it
conflict
To gain ownership of something
acquire
What is the subject and predicate in the following sentence:
After the obstacle course, the athletes waited.
Subject: athletes
Predicate (verb): waited
A well-developed character with many sides to personality
Round
The return to a new normal life.
Resolution
Writing done in standard paragraph form is called
Prose
character struggles with a force outside of their mind
external conflict
To make an enemy of
antagonize
What is the preposition in the following sentence:
WHAT?! My older brother just ran away but it's the day before my birthday!
before
When the author directly states what type of person a character is.
Direct Characterization
The end of the narrative and matters are explained or resolved.
Denouement
Subdivisions of literary forms.
Minor Genres
what is said is opposite of what is
verbal irony
something that represents itself and something else
symbol
Having the ability to do what is needed
competent
Give me three conjunctions.
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS)
When the author gives clues about what type of person a character is.
Indirect Characterization
The problem that causes the story.
Central Conflict
Categories of prose, verse, and drama are called
Major Genre
events are opposite of what is believed to happen
situational irony
the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object
anthropomorphism
To form; to make up
comprise
Replace all of the nouns in the following sentence with pronouns to make a grammatical sentence:
Mr. Rutherford ate a bagel at school.
He ate it there.
A character that attempts to stop someone or something.
Antagonist
in narratives it is the summary of plot
Main Idea
results are opposite of expectations
irony
creating tension in the reader
suspense
To match; to be equal to
correspond
What is the subject and predicate in the following sentence:
The Baseball player's mom didn't ever scream at the ref who was making bad calls.
Subject: mom
Predicate (verb): scream
A character who attempts to achieve or change something.
Protagonist
clues to the outcome of the story
foreshadowing
the audience knows more than the characters
dramatic irony
Allusion