Character
What is a character?
A person in a story
What is setting?
Time and place of the story
What type of structure is this?
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
Linear
What is POV?
The POV is the perspective that the writer has on the story.
What is a Simile?
A comparison that uses "like" or "as".
What text details make up a character?
description, dialogue, and behavior
What is the setting of this story?
Alex shut the lid to his laptop with a loud clap. Some of the people sitting at the tables near him looked up from their books and gave him annoyed looks. Alex realized that he had disturbed them and held up his hand apologetically. The librarian turned toward him and shushed him loudly, perhaps louder than the noise that he had made. Alex put the laptop in his bag and began walking toward the door. He held his head down low.
Library
part of a poem separated by blank lines
Stanza
If the narrator is trying to convince the reader of something
Narrative bias
What literary device is this?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration
Who is the protagonist of this story?
One day Pete was walking through the woods as he usually does when suddenly Robert approaches. Pete and Robert were best friends since childhood and it was their first day of college. One day Robert found a girl that he loved and slowly grew further from Pete. Pete starts too get jealous overtime and makes up a plan to unalive Robert. Robert talks him out of it stating "this isn't you!". Robert finally saw what he was doing and was overcome with guilt.
Pete
Feeling/environment created by the setting and plot events
Atmosphere
When the story starts in the middle of its plot
In Media Res
What is the POV of this excerpt?
"As the campers settled into their tents, Zara hoped her eyes did not betray her fear, and Lisa silently wished for the night to quickly end"
Omniscient third-person POV
What literary device is this?
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Cliche
Sudden realization about a plot point, object, or another character
Epiphany
What setting technique is this?
The old book had water spots across its spine. Some of the pages yellowed.
Imagery
Setting and action of the plot that contributes to conflict and resolution
Dramatic situation
How close/far the narrator is from the story
Narrative Distance
What literary device is this?
If we don't move soon, we're all going to die!
Pathos
Directly contrasts another character to highlight that character
Foil
What are the 4 types of setting?
Physical, social, historical, and psychological
What structural technique is this?
A mountain is huge while a molehill is tiny
juxtaposition
What type of narration is this?
I always dreamed of working in my family's business. Growing up, I always pictured myself working as an accountant, diligently helping people arrange their finances and file their taxes, just like I saw my parents do for years.
Personal Narrative
What type of literary device is this?
At last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth and addressed Alice in a languid, sleepy voice.
"Who are you?" said the Caterpillar
ANTHROPOMORPHISM