Unit 1
A struggle or a problem.
What is dialogue?
Conversation between two or more characters in a literary text.
What does explicit mean?
Clearly expressed, leaving no question about meaning.
A big bug bit the bottom of the banana
What is a genre?
A category of writing characterized by a particular style, form, or content.
What is a flashback?
A memory or a scene in a story that describes something that happened earlier.
First-person uses what types of pronouns?
What does implict mean?
Not clearly or directly expressed.
What does connotation mean?
Everything a word suggests or implies; the feeling a word gives you; whether positive or negative.
The way information, including a story or other literary work, is communicated and experienced.
What is a setting?
The time, place, and social environment in which a story takes place.
What is external conflict?
A struggle between a character and an external (outside) force.
What is an inference?
A conclusion based on what you read and what you already know.
What is a hyperboyle?
A type of figurative language that uses an extreme exaggeration to make a point; also called an overstatement.
What does setting mean?
The time, place, and social environment in which a story takes place.
What is a plot?
A series of events that make up a story.
Third-person uses which kinds of pronouns?
He, him, she, her, and we.
Subjective: Shaped by personal bias.
Objective: Without opinion.
What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?
A metaphor and simile both compare two things but a simile uses as or like.
What is a formal tone mean?
Proper and strict; follows language conventions closely.
Can you name the events of a plot mountain in order?
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Conclusion
Third-Person limited: A point of view in which the narrator is outside the story and knows the thoughts of only one character.
Third-Person Omniscent: A point of view in which the narrator is outside the story and knows the thoughts of all the characters.
What is a theme of a story mean?
A theme is an underlying central idea or message that runs through a work of literature, which can be expressed in a complete sentence.
What is personification?
A type of figurative language in which nonhuman objects are given human qualities.
What is style within a text?
A notable quality in the way a person expresses something.