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Vocabulary
Theme
Characters
Plot
Point of View
100
Series of related events that drive a story.
What is plot?
100
Selfishness, guilt, pride.
What is The Scarlet Ibis?
100
The act of creating or describing a character.
What is characterization?
100
The introduction to the plot where characters are introduced and the setting is revealed.
What is exposition?
100
When the narrator is inside the story and involved in the plot. Uses "I" or "we" in telling the story.
What is first person point of view?
200
A contrast of appearance and reality.
What is irony?
200
When a story's theme in perspective about life must be inferred by readers; more common in fiction.
What is implied theme?
200
The character does not undergo a change.
What is a static character?
200
The conflict is introduced. Examples are Man vs Man, Man vs Nature, and Man vs Self.
What is rising action?
200
The narrator tells a story by positioning readers within the story as the main character, using the word "you".
What is second person point of view?
300
The emotion created in readers by part or all of a story.
What is mood?
300
When a story's theme or perspective about life is stated directly by the author.
What is stated theme?
300
Characters undergo a change.
What is a dynamic character?
300
The events that follow the climax and lead to a resolution.
What is falling action?
300
The narrator is outside of the story and observes and comments on the characters' plots, uses the words "he", "she", and "they".
What is third person point of view?
400
A comparison of two dissimilar things without like or as.
What is metaphor?
400
Readers must find the connection between the story's elements and the human experience.
What is determining theme?
400
Motivated by a goal, aspiration, or desire to frustrate, challenge, hurt, or destroy the protagonist.
What is an antagonist?
400
The point at which the central conflict is ended or resolved.
What is resolution?
400
The thoughts and feelings of only the narrator and a single character are revealed.
What is third person limited point of view?
500
Provides a hint or clue to events that will occur in the future or later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
500
An object which many people have the same associations.
What is a conventional symbol?
500
The forces that drive a character to think, feel, or behave in a certain way.
What is motive?
500
The turning point; usually a result of the two opposing forces coming head to head.
What is climax?
500
The thoughts and feelings of all characters are revealed.
What is third person omniscient point of view?