Figurative Language
A comparison using like or as
Simile
When something happens inside of the character's head
Inner Thought
Tough Questions
Where a story takes place
Setting
That boy ran like the wind
Simile
A comparison that does not use like or as
When you describe how the character looks.
Physical Description
When something repeats over and over in a story
Again & Again
Theme
Sometimes in life you have to stand up for yourself.
Theme
an extreme exaggeration
hyperbole
When a character talks to another character or engages with another character (good or bad)
Interactions w Other Characters
When a character has a flashback or remembers something
Memory Moment
Another word for the character that the story is mostly about.
Protagonist
I tried to ignore my PS5 but everywhere I went it started me down.
Personification
when the opposite of what you expect happens
Irony
How a character responds to a problem
Reaction to Conflict
Words of the Wiser
The word for who goes against the main character in a story or film.
Antagonist
Every period the teacher's phone goes off with 5 minutes remaining in the period. The phone going off let's us know the bell will ring soon.
The phone is
Foreshadowing
Getting hints or clues about what is going to happen next is
Foreshadowing
The things a character does tells the reader about them. These decisions and what the character does can be referred to as
Revealing Actions
When a character or characters do something that is the opposite of what you'd expect. The say one thing and then do the other.
Contrasts and Contradictions
Using what you read in addition to what you already know to come to a conclusion about something
Inference
Idiom