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Author's Tools
100
The highest point of interest or suspense; the story’s turning point
What is CLIMAX?
100
The act of creating and developing a character
What is characterization?
100
Something done or that you do
What are ACTIONS?
100
Any writing that is not true
What is fiction?
100
A writer’s ability to create pictures in the mind of his reader
What is imagery?
200
The story's event begin to close.
What is falling action?
200
The good guy; the hero; the main character of the story
What is protagonist?
200
To look at things to find similarities
What is compare?
200
A play intended for performance by actors on a stage
What is drama?
200
The author goes back to an earlier time and explains something that will help the reader understand the story better
What is flashback?
300
The problem in the story to be solved; it kicks the the plot into motion
What is conflict?
300
The bad guy; the story’s villain who is in conflict with the protagonist.
What is antagonist?
300
To look at differences
What is contrast?
300
The opposite occurs instead of what is expected
What is irony?
300
The reason an author writes: to entertain, inform, teach, persuade, convince, describe, explain
What is author's intended purpose?
400
The reader learns the outcome of the story’s problem
What is resolution?
400
Conversation between characters
What is dialogue?
400
To make a judgment based upon the information given
What is evaluate?
400
Information is stated as a problem and one or more solutions are presented
What is problem / solution?
400
An author’s attitude toward his topic
What is tone?
500
The part of the story where the setting, characters, and basic situation are introduced.
What is exposition?
500
The reason a character does a certain action.
What is motive?
500
One event makes another event happen
What is cause and effect?
500
To speak or write about something in a general way without saying anything specific
What is generalize?
500
How a piece of text is organized?
What is text organization?