Narrative Structure
Usually, in the first few paragraphs in which the setting, characters, and background information are introduced into the story.
What is the definition of Exposition?
The methods an author uses to develop characters.
What is characterization?
George Washington was the first of this.
Who was the first president of the United States?
When two words are formed to create a new word.
What is a compound word?
The main idea expressed throughout the whole story.
What is the central idea?
Repeating words or phrases for emphasis when speaking or writing.
Repetition
All of the actions leading up to the story’s climax.
What is the definition of Rising Action?
The narrarator is a character in the story and tells the story from their perspective. Uses “I”.
What is first person Narrative Point of View?
There are 26 letters in this.
What is the English Alphabet?
Punctuation used after sentences when asking a question.
What is a question mark?
The deeper meaning or message behind the story.
What is the definition of theme?
A taunting, sneering, cutting, or caustic remark
Sarcasm
The highest, most descriptive point in a story.
What is the climax?
The narrator is observing the events happening in the story. Uses “he, she, they”. Only one of the characters thoughts are revealed.
What is third person limited point of view ?
a, e, i, o, u are this.
What are the vowels in the alphabet?
This is used to separate ideas, and dialogue from the speaker, and to separate a city and a state.
What is a comma?
An uneasy feeling of anxiousness as to what will happen next in a story.
What is suspense?
Using the same part of speech or syntactic structure.
Parallelism
The actions that follow after the climax.
What is the definition of falling action?
The struggle between two opposing forces in a story.
What is conflict?
What is a homophone? Give an example.
A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but has a different meaning. Examples include: ate/eight, right/write, and see/sea
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-ly, -tion,-est, -ance, and -ing are some examples.
What is a suffix?
The feelings the reader posses by the author.
What is the definition of mood?
Lively descriptions which impress the images of things upon the mind: figures of speech
Imagery
The finale of a story.
A poetic device that indirectly potrays ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
What is symbolism?
Spell the word that correlates to the definition.
(noun) The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
Onomatopoeia
Am, was, were, being, been, and are, are examples.
What are forms of to be?
A tool used in literature to hint at the future or ending of a story.
What is the definition of foreshadowing?
An attempt to strengthen an argument by convincing the audience that accepting the writer’s or speaker’s view will put them on the popular or apparently winning side.
Bandwagon