Story Elements
The turning point in a narrative; the moment when the conflict is at its most intense.
What is the climax
Words and phrases in a sentence, paragraph, and/or whole text, which help reason out the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
What are Context Clues
When she smiled she became the sun.
What is a metaphor
The subtle presence of a positive or negative approach toward a topic.
What is Bias
Trying to persuade the reader to do, think or buy something because it is popular or because “everyone” is doing it.
What is Bandwagon
Conversation between characters or speakers in a literary work; the speech of characters.
What is Dialogue
The process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationship to one another.
What is Analysis
“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”
The attitude of the author toward the audience, characters, subject or the work itself (e.g., serious, humorous).
What is tone
An attack on a person instead of an issue
What is Name Calling
The part of a literary plot that is characterized by diminishing tensions and the resolution of the plot’s conflicts and complications.
What is Falling Action
The range of associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its dictionary meaning.
What is connotation
What is alliteration
The author’s choices regarding language, sentence structure, voice, and tone in order to communicate with the reader.
What is Style
An attempt to persuade the reader by using a famous person to endorse a product or idea (for instance, the celebrity endorsement).
What is Testimonial/Ethos
A dramatic speech, revealing inner thoughts and feelings, spoken aloud by one character while alone on the stage.
What is a soliloquy
A judgment based on reasoning rather than on a direct or explicit statement. A conclusion based on facts or circumstances.
What is an Inference
I'm so hungry I could eat a whole cow
Hyperbole
The fluency, rhythm, and liveliness in a text that makes it unique to the author.
What is Voice
Trying to persuade the reader by using words that appeal to the reader’s emotions instead of to logic or reason.
What is Emotional Appeal/Pathos
A recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work.
What is a Motif
To make a judgment or decision based on reasoning rather than direct or implicit statement.
What is drawing conclusions
Cupcakes were her kryptonite.
What is an allusion
The ordering of words into meaningful verbal patterns such as phrases, clauses, and sentences.
What is Syntax
An attempt to persuade the reader by showing how many people think something is true.
What is Appeal to stats/ Logos