Vocabulary
an educated guess or conclusion that can be made from information in the text
What is Inference?
What is Simile?
the beginning of the story, the first part of plot
What is Exposition?
the story is interrupted and goes back into the character's past
What is Flashback?
the time that the story takes place and the location of the story
What is Setting?
what the text is mostly about, or the most important idea in the text
What is Main Idea?
an extreme exaggeration
What is Hyperbole?
the action starts to calm down, problems start to get closer to being solved
What is Falling Action?
when the author builds your excitement in the story and keeps you wanting to know what will happen next
What is Suspense?
the issue/problem that the characters must solve in the story...
What is Conflict?
the main character / good guy
What is Protagonist?
a comparison of two unlike things without the use of 'like' or 'as'
What is Rising Action?
the perspective or standpoint that the story is being told from
the series of events that happen in the story (example: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution)
What is Plot?
a brief restatement of the most important details in the text
What is Summary?
giving human-like characteristics to something that is not alive or human
What is Personification?
the way the issue/problem is solved at the end of the story, and last part of the plot diagram
What is Resolution?
the reason why an author writes a book, passage, or any text
the people, animals, or creatures that share dialogue in the story...
What is Characters
to add/write important notes on the text
What is Annotate?
when the beginning sound of words in a phrase repeats (example: Sally sells seashells by the seashore.)
The most exciting part of the story, the top of the plot diagram (third part of plot)
What is Climax?
the writer's writing is so good that he creates a image in your head of what is going on in the story
What is Imagery?
the moral, message, or lesson to be learned in the story...
What is Theme?