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Elements of Literature 1
Elements of Literature 2
Figurative Language
Academic Vocabulary
Expository Writing
100

The person telling the story.

Who is the narrator?

100
Time and place of a story: when and where.
What is setting?
100

An object that (or when one) stands for something greater, such as a flag representing a country.

What is a symbol (symbolism)?

100

The reason the writer wrote the piece.

What is author's purpose?

100
The first sentence of the essay that grabs the readers' attention.
What is a hook?
200
How the reader feels in response to the text.
What is mood?
200
The problem that drives the story and creates the action.
What is conflict?
200
A non-linear plot structure that goes back in time.
What is a flashback?
200
Positive or negative emotions associated with a word based on the context in which it is used.
What is connotation?
200

To improve your writing by making changes.

What is to revise?

300
The author's attitude toward the topic.
What is tone?
300

The universal idea, the lesson, moral, or message which the reader should "get" from a story.

What is a theme?

300
Painting a picture using the five senses.
What is imagery?
300
Examples/evidence that reinforces the thesis.
What is support?
300

Word or phrase that helps move the reader smoothly from one topic to the next.

What is a transition?

400

Technique that emphasizes one character's traits by showing a very different one, highlighting the differences between the two.

What is a character foil / character foil?

400
The events that make up a story.
What is the plot?
400
A hint of what will happen in the future.
What is foreshadowing (to foreshadow)?
400
Take it apart and examine the pieces closely.
What is analyze?
400

To say again.

What does it mean to restate?

500

The narrator is a character involved in the story (characterized by the use of I, me, our, etc.).

What is 1st person point of view?

500
The narrator is outside the story (characterized by the use of he, she, they, them, etc.)
What is 3rd person point of view?
500
A reference to a historical, mythological, or cultural event or person.
What is allusion?
500

(When you) use clues to come to make a judgement or draw a conclusion.

What is an inference (to infer)?

500

Where you restate your thesis and give a summary of your main points.

What is a conclusion?