Learned from CH
A long poetic composition usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style.
What is epic poetry?
This is the beginning of the book, before the action begins.
what is the exposition?
The thoughts, feelings, and images associated with a word.
What is connotation?
The time and place of a piece of literature
What is the setting?
The character, setting, and plot.
What are the 3 essential elements of any story?
stories about gods, goddesses, or supernatural beings with powers greater than humans that explain the origins or customs of the world.
What is mythology?
The event which initiates the action or sets the story in motion
what is the inciting force?
The feeling created in a reader.
What is mood?
Coming to understand what is not directly stated in a text.
What is inference?
What is the plot?
An interruption in a story to tell about events that happened earlier.
What is flashback?
Events which complicate the problem, making it harder to solve
what are the complications?
The attitude an author takes toward his subject.
What is tone?
A brief description of what happened in a text.
What is the summary?
The events that follow the climax, leading up to the resolution
what is the falling action?
Hints about events that will occur further on in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
Series of events which lead to the climax
what is the rising action?
This is what the author specifically tells the reader about a character.
What is direct characterization?
The reason something happens and the result of it happening.
What is cause and effect?
The conclusion or wrap-up of the story, how the story ends.
what is the resolution?
The dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
The turning point, the most intense moment, or the high point of the story
what is the climax?
This is what is revealed about a character, what the reader can infer about a character.
What is indirect characterization?
A common expression understood figuratively as the literal definition makes no sense.
What is an idiom?
The exposition, inciting force, rising action, complication, climax, falling action, and resolution.
What are the 7 parts of a plot?