Plot
The number of stages of plot in a story.
What is five?
When two or more words in a group of words begin with the same sound, such as "The Karate Kid."
alliteration
The environment in which a story takes place.
setting
A conversation between characters in a work of literature.
dialogue
The feeling a reader gets from reading a book, which is created by the author's word choice.
mood
This is usually the longest stage of plot, where many complications challenge the protagonist.
Extreme exaggeration used by an author, often meant to be funny.
hyperbole
A story's main message or moral.
theme
A character who undergoes a significant change by the end of a book.
dynamic character
The author's attitude toward the subject that they are writing about.
tone
Exposition
"I wanted to break the ice on the first day of school" is an example of this figurative language.
idiom
A moment when a story focuses on events that happened in the past.
Flashback
In this point of view the narrator is a character in the story and describes events from their own viewpoint.
first person
In a drama, these words are spoken by a character directly to the audience, but other characters on stage do not hear them.
aside
This feeling is created by the author during the climax of a story.
Suspense
"The newborn kitten is a ray of sunshine" is an example of this type of figurative language.
metaphor
Clues or hints about something that will happen later in a book.
foreshadowing
A character who does not undergo a major change throughout a story.
static character
This kind of language appeals to the five senses and helps a reader feel like they are really part of the story.
imagery
These are the names of the 1) main hero and 2) main villain in a plot.
1) Protagonist and 2) antagonist
"The wind whistled a happy song during my tropical vacation" is an example of this figurative language.
personification
An object, a person, a weather pattern, and more that is both itself, but also represents something more than itself.
symbol or symbolism
third person
When the reader or audience member is aware of something that the characters in a story are not aware of.
Dramatic irony