VARIETY
A scene that interrupts the action to show an earlier event
Flashback
A play on words, Dad joke
Pun
Connection between the text and events around the planet; Text to __
Text to World
When 2 characters struggle against each other
Character vs Character
He wrote HATCHET
Gary Paulsen
Using the same words or phrases more than once
Repetition
Words or phrases that appeal to a reader's 5 senses
Imagery
The central message, truth about life or life lesson in a literary work
Theme
When a character has a problem with a tradition or a rule of law
Character vs Society
She wrote the LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE books
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The problem(s) in a story
Conflict
Comparing 2 unlike things using 'as' or 'like'
Connection between the text and another selection you have read; Text to __
Text to Text
When a character must face a storm, earthquake or hurricane
Character vs Nature
He wrote FREAK THE MIGHTY
Rodman Philbrick
Specific word choice
Diction
Conflict between a character and something outside the character
External conflict
A connection between the text and your own life experienc(s); Text to __
Text to Self
When something occurs that s/he can't do anything about (lottery, luck, accident)
Character vs Fate
He wrote TOM SAWYER and HUCKLEBERRY FINN
Mark Twain
Living dead, jumbo shrimp, pretty ugly, awfully good
Oxymoron
"He was sick as a dog." "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."
Idiom
Feeling created in the reader by the author's word choices
Mood
When a character must make a decision about a problem within her/himself
Character vs Self
He wrote the lyrics to THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
Francis Scott Key