Elements of a Story
This is the beginning of the story, when the author is setting up all the characters and details.
exposition
This character type has many traits like a real person
round
This is the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman
personification
A coming-of-age story narrated through the eyes of Scout Finch, a young girl growing up in the racially charged town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the 1930s
To Kill a Mockingbird
symbol
The turning point where the conflict reaches its highest point of tension and is then resolved
climax
This type of character stays the same throughout the text
static
a figure of speech where one thing is described as something else to create a comparison and evoke a specific image or feeling in the reader's mind
metaphor
A tragic romance about two young lovers from feuding families who find themselves in a web of conflict and miscommunication, ultimately leading to their tragic deaths
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Recurring element in a literary piece
The period immediately after the most intense part of the story
falling action
This type of character undergoes changes and developments during the story
dymanic
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
alliteration
Two teens—one black, one white—grapple with the repercussions of a single violent act that leaves their school, their community, and, ultimately, the country bitterly divided by racial tension
All American Boys
To evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader, the author uses this
imagery
The events that occur after the inciting incident and lead up to the climax, building tension, conflict, and suspense
rising action
This character type has only a few traits
flat
an expression using like or as which describes a person or thing as being similar to someone or something else
simile
The first-person account of a young African-American writer, Dana, who is repeatedly transported in time between her Los Angeles, California home in 1976 with her white husband and an early 19th-century Maryland plantation just outside Easton.
Kindred
Central idea integrated throughout the work.
theme
The final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.
denouement
This character is present during the whole book and is most important to the story
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
The last names of the authors who wrote the books we read this year.
Lee, Butler, Shakespeare, Reynolds, and Kiely
The emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story
mood