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Who are these people?
Figurative Language
Miscellaneous
Literary Terms
Plot Parts
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The main character of a story. Often seen as "good" and someone the reader easily identifies with.
Protagonist
100
What is a simile?

A simile compares two different things. It uses the words “like” or “as" to make a direct comparison.

100
Types of Point of View
first person, second person, third person limited and omniscient
100
repetition of the same letter or sound beginning words or within words
Alliteration



100
The exposition of a story is made up of what parts?
Background information, setting, introducing characters and hints of conflict
200
What does a dynamic character do?
He/she changes through the course of the story.
200
A figure of speech where an animal or idea is given human traits/characteristics.
Personification. 
200
A character realizes something and changes his mind about what he should be doing. 


What point of a plot is this?

turning point/climax
200

Important hints that an author drops to prepare the reader for what is to come, and help the reader anticipate the outcome.

Foreshadowing
200
Resolution

The part of the story in which the problems are solved and the action comes to a satisfying end

300
A character that is not very detailed, not a main character, is often stereotypical.
Flat character
300

"...impressions poured in upon her of those two men, and to follow her thought was like following a voice which speaks too quickly to be taken down by one’s pencil…" 

What figurative language is this? 

(To the Lighthouse by Virginia Wolfe)

Simile. 



300
The test was arduous. 


What does arduous mean?

hard, difficult
300

dialogue

characters speaking to each other in a story
300

A problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a story

Conflict
400

Narrator

The voice (in written form) speaking to the audience (reader). Narrator does not have to be the main character in the story and doesn't even have to be in the story at all. 
400

This figure of speech makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated/not alike but which share some common characteristics. It does not use the words "like" or "as" to make the comparison. 

Metaphor
400
Details that reference that characters 5 senses
sensory language
400
Imagery

 Words or phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses

400
Falling Action

The action and dialogue following the turning point that leads the reader toward the story’s end

500

 Antagonist

A character or characters in a text with whom the protagonist opposes (is against).

500
The flood raged over the entire village. 


What is the figurative language used here?

Personification. 
500
Even as Robert Townsend was settling into his new role, something happened that highlighted the precarious nature of the world in which he now lived. 


What does precarious mean? 

uncertain, dangerous
500

Theme

The message about life or human nature that is “the focus” in the story that the writer tells

500

The central part of the story during which various problems arise after a conflict is introduced

Rising Action
600
What motivates characters in a story?
A goal or goals
600
'The test was a breeze' is an example of what figurative language?
Metaphor
600
Name 3 types of Figurative language
simile, metaphor, personification
600

Person, place, or thing that represents something beyond itself, most often something concrete or tangible that represents an abstract idea

Symbol
600
Climax/turning point

The high point in the action of a story

The main event...the thing that can lead to a change in the protagonist