Story Elements
The background information and setting provided at the beginning of a story.
Exposition
Sequence of events
Plot
The opposing opinion.
Counterclaim
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman
Personification
What the text is mostly about is called...
(There may be more than one of these in a text)
Main/Central Idea
Events wind down after the climax.
Falling action
Underlying message
Theme
Claim
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
Simile
The paragraphs in poetry are called...
Stanzas
The moment of highest tension or turning point.
Climax
The struggle between two opposing forces: usually the protagonist and antagonist.
Conflict
Rebuttal
Comparing two things by saying/implying one IS the other
Metaphor
The feeling or tone of a word is called what?
Connotation
The event that starts the main conflict or problem
Inciting Incident.
The main character--the audience follows this character throughout the plot.
Protagonist
A statement that includes the author's claim and reasons.
Thesis
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
Onomatopoeia
A poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza.
Rhyme scheme
Between the inciting incident and climax. Events that increase tension.
Rising action.
Character or force that works against the protagonist.
Antagonist.
A reason that supports the claim
Argument
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Alliteration
How would you introduce this source? (Where do you put the comma?
The article states "Homework leads to more stress" (Baker 13).
The article states, "Homework leads to more stress" (Baker 13).