Plot Elements
When and where a story takes place
Setting
These words create a picture for the reader and appeal to the five senses
Sensory details (sensory language)
What type of figurative language is the following:
"The sun winked through the canopy of branches."
Personification
Used to identify the speaker
Dialogue tag
When you use the text and what you already know to make a guess or to understand what an author does not say explicitly
Inferencing (to make an inference)
The part of the story that introduces characters, conflict, and setting
Exposition
A conversation between characters/words a character speaks out loud
Dialogue
What two things are being compared in the following simile:
"Her red curly hair was like a lion's mane as it fell around her shoulders."
Hair and the mane of a lion
The type of character that does not change or grow throughout a story
Static
Using other words in a sentence to define a word you don't know
context clues
Resolution
Describe in detail the actions of a character
Vivid verbs
"There had to be a million trees in these woods and everything looked the same. It would take me forever to get home again."
Hyperbole
The type of character that grows or learns a lesson throughout a story
Dynamic
A well known word or phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
Idiom
The moral or lesson an author wants you to learn throughout the story.
Theme
Words that help with the flow of your writing and create a bridge from one scene or moment to the next
Transition words
What two things are being compared in the metaphor?
"My little sister always misbehaves and never listens to anything you tell her. There might as well been a wild animal in my house!"
The sister to a wild animal
Uses I, me, my, we, our
1st person
The viewpoint of the person telling the story
Perspective
List the elements of the plot diagram in the correct order
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
The thoughts and feelings of a character that are not spoken out loud
Internal thought (thought shot)
What type of figurative language is seen in the following:
"To get through this, I knew I had to make my heart a stone in the center of my chest."
Metaphor
Uses he, she, they, his, her, their (etc.) pronouns
Provides the thoughts of more than one character
3rd person omniscient
What type of figurative language is seen in the following example:
"Slowly, the sloth slid from branch to branch in search of her baby."
Alliteration