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Characterization
Elements of Literature
Parts of Speech
Point of View
Miscellaneous
100
a main character in a story that the reader "roots" for.
What is the protagonist?
100
These are the events that make up a story.
What is plot?
100
a person, place or thing that you cannot perceive with the 5 senses.
What is an abstract noun?
100
this when the narrator of the story speaks. Key words include, "I" or "me."
What is 1st person point of view?
100
a genre of literature that creates a feeling of anxiety or worry in the reader, not necessarily through gore or extreme violence.
What is suspense?
200
A main character in a story that keeps the protagonist from obtaining his goal(s).
What is an antagonist?
200
this create tension and interest in a story. It may me internal or external.
What is conflict?
200
an action or state of being word that assists the main action or state of being word.
What is a helping verb?
200
this is when the reader is let in on the thoughts, feelings and or motivation for all the characters in a story.
What is 3rd person omniscient?
200
the process of taking a selection of text and breaking it down into the main points for re-telling.
What is summarizing?
300
When the author comes right out and clearly states what a character is like.
What is direct characterization?
300
This is the most exciting part of a story.
What is the climax?
300
a word that describes a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
300
When the reader only knows the thoughts and feelings of a main character and maybe a few others in a story.
What is 3rd person limited?
300
to draw a reasonable conclusion based on what we know from personal experience and or from the information presented.
What is inferencing?
400
When a reader must rely on what a character says or does, or what others do or say in reaction to them to figure out what a character is like.
What is indirect characterization?
400
the outcome or the conclusion of a story, how conflicts get resolved.
What is resolution?
400
the word that the pronoun takes the place of.
What the antecedent?
400
this point of view is used most commonly in how-to writing, advertisements, and sports casts.
What is 2nd person point of view?
400
This is an idea or feeling a work evokes in addition to its definition.
What is connotation?
500
This is a character who undergoes an important inner change such as a change in attitude or personality.
What is a dynamic character?
500
this is a literary device in which an author makes a reference to something or someone else.
What is an allusion?
500
these are pronouns that refer to back to the subject of the sentence, examples of these are myself, herself, ourselves, or themselves.
What are reflexive and intensive pronouns?
500
a category of literature such as poetry, science fiction, biography, or fables.
What is genre?