The Who
One of the people or animals in a story. They move a story's plot forward.
What is a character?
The action or events that make up the story.
What is Plot?
The underlying message or moral of the story.
What is Theme?
The place and time frame in which a story takes place.
What is the Setting?
Comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
The person or force that works against the hero/main character in the story.
What is the Antagonist?
The turning point of the story when suspense reaches its peak.
What is Climax?
When the writer's purpose is to educate you.
What is to inform?
Our current setting.
What is a Classroom?
Comparison without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
The main character in a story, often a good or heroic type.
What is the Protagonist?
The introduction of complications which build suspense. This is when the plot thickens.
What is Rising Action?
The feeling a piece of literature creates in a reader.
What is Mood?
The physical location in which George and Lennie successfully flee.
What is Weed?
A dramatic, intentional exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
The perspective in which a story is told. This depends on the narrator.
What is Point of View?
This ties up loose ends of a story and occurs after the climax.
What is Resolution?
When an author's purpose is to keep you interested in reading the text.
What is to Entertain?
Geographic location, time, weather and environment are all ___________ of a setting.
What are elements?
Words that represent isolated sounds.
What is a onomatopoeia?
A narrative technique in which the writer has two or more character convey important information to the reader by speaking directly to one another.
What is Illustration?
When an author's purpose is to convince you to do something or think a certain way.
What is to Persuade?
Important background information and introduction.
What is Exposition?
The repeated use of the same sound in several consecutive words.
What is alliteration?