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100

 Pale or whitish

What is pallid?

100

provides information for figuring the meaning of an unfamiliar word

What is context?

100

Going back in time to develop the story

What is A Flashback

100

Refers to the time and location in which the story takes place and it plays an important role because it can affect characters, plot and tone.

What is Setting?

100

A person's attitude or opinion about someone or something.

What is perspective?

200

To trap or approach by surprise

What is waylay?

200

Identifying the big picture of the story

What is the Main Idea?

200

Introduces the plot

What is exposition?

200

events that occur in a narrative, including exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

What is Plot

200

Uses the familiar to explain the unfamiliar

What is an analogy?

300

Front part of the head; face

What is visage?

300

Understanding the story

What is comprehension?

300

The most intense part of the story

What is climax?

300

An over arching message or truth that is specific to a story.

What is a central idea?

300

This strategy gives insight into what the character is thinking.

What is exposition through thoughts?


400

Skilled in vivid or fluent expression

What is Eloquent?

400

Contains all essential points in the text and omits the opinions of the reader 

What is Summary 

400

is the rhythm of the story—how slowly or quickly the actions and events develop and unfold.

What is pacing

400

intense dislike or ill feelings, such as one would hold toward an enemy

what is enmity


400

The battle between good and evil, the journey, and the initiation

What are three situational archetypes?

500

the fact of having a right to something

What is entitlement?

500

Character, situation, or symbol that commonly occurs in literature and represents universal patterns or characteristics

What is archetype?

500

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution

What are the five parts of a plot structure?

500

Implicit meaning is comprehensible even though it is not directly stated. Explicit meaning is clear and is expressed directly without vagueness.

What is the difference between implicit and explicit meanings?

500

Add a dark tone to writing in the Gothic story.

What is Setting