Plot
The high point of a story
Climax
Using like or as to compare
Simile
A character IN the story is telling the story
1st person
This people were Baxter's homecoming king and queen this year
Will Clapper and Lauren Ratliff
To make a smart prediction when reading is to:
Infer
Typically the longest part of plot in a book or novel
Rising Action
Giving something non human, human characteristics
personification
Talking to YOU; often directions
2nd person
This person coaches head girls basketball
Mr. Padget
The number of minutes in 12 hours
720
The author's message in a story
Theme
When a reader knows something that a character does not
Dramatic irony
A type of third person; the narrator knows no thoughts and feelings
objective
Who Baxter plays in the last football game tonight
Meskwaki
The author of The Detour, The Compound, The Raft, and The Gardener
Bodeen
The problem in the story is called the....
Conflict
Awfully Good
oxymoron
A type of third person; the narrator knows thoughts and feelings of ONE character
limited
This teacher also does Bolts with Books Book club
Ms. Applegate Brummell
The number of times middle school has awards assemblies each year
4
The feeling a reader gets from a story
Mood
A phrase not to be taken seriously; something we all know doesn't mean what it says (frog in my throat)
idiom
When a narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of ALL characters.
omniscient
This staff member's grandson was the Homecoming Prince this year
Mrs. Gipe
Conferences are when? (Days and times)
Next Tuesday and Thursday, 4:00-8:00