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Vocabulary
Literary Elements
Narrative Structure
Narrative Ordering
Literary Devices
100
A soft gray metal
What is pewter
100
A place or/and time where and when the story occurs
What is setting
100
Occurs at the beginning of a work of fiction, establishes background
What is exposition/introduction
100
The type of narrative ordering that occurs from the beginning to the end of time
What is chronological ordering
100
A comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor
200
Quiet
What is taciturn
200
The message about life or nature conveyed by a literary work
What is theme
200
The increasing action that leads to the climax
What is rising action
200
The type of narrative that occurs based on the physical things that are encountered from first to last
What is spatial ordering
200
a comparison between two things, using the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile
300
A sticky brown pulp from a tree
What is tamarind
300
Protagonist or antagonist
What is character
300
The highest point of tension in the plot
What is climax
300
The type of ordering that occurs from last to first
What is reverse ordering
300
a statement that is seemingly self-contradictory or opposed to common sense, but which, in fact, is true
What is a paradox
400
A temporary camp without tents or cover
What is bivouack
400
The sequence of events or actions that happen in the story
What is plot
400
The unraveling of the plot after the climax
What is falling action, resolution, denouement
400
The most critical points presented from first to last
What is order of importance
400
The use of clues giving the reader hints of what is to come
What is foreshadowing
500
A public place
What is plaza
500
The problems that the characters face
What is conflict
500
The final part of the plot where you learn how everything works out
What is resolution/conclusion
500
Order based on what you see, feel, hear, taste, and smell from first to last
What is sensory impression
500
When outcome differs from expectation
What is irony