Time
When an author goes back in time in the middle of a story.
Flashback
The chair screamed when the large man sat down.
Personification
The main character
Sal
You make one of these when you figure out what is about to happen without the author coming out and saying it.
Inference
When clues are given about what will happen in the future
foreshadowing
Sarah swam with seven sharks in the salty sea.
Alliteration
Where the main character is from
Bybanks, Kentucky
How a story makes you feel
mood
Includes sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste
Sensory details
End of the story on the plot diagram; when the conflict is settled
The stars were my guide in the black night.
Metaphor
What Phoebe calls the stranger at the door
Lunatic
Problem in a story
Anything outside of the "normal" black and white print of a text (pictures, bold words, headings...)
Text features
When and Where of a story
setting
I wandered lonely as a cloud.
simile
Point of view of this book
First person
What a story is mostly about
Central idea
The rhyme scheme of this poem:
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
I love you.
A B C B
3 time periods a story can take place
Past, present, future
A flag represents patriotism
Symbolism
The meaning of Margaret's last name. Bonus points if you can give the last name.
Dead body
Cadaver
Somebody Wanted But So Then is a good way to write this
Summary
Here are some examples:
Compare/contrast
Chronological
Sequential
Cause/Effect
Text structure