Where and when the story takes place
What is Setting?
The person that tells the story
What is Narrator?
The person that wrote the poem
What is Poet?
The controlling idea of an essay.
What is Thesis?
Point of greatest tension in the story
What is Climax?
Part of an act
What is Scene?
A group of lines (a paragraph for poems)
What is Stanza?
The author’s reason for writing
What is Author's Purpose?
The main character in the story
What is Protagonist?
The words that are spoken by the actors
What is Dialogue?
The use of words with similar end sounds
What is Rhyme?
The text tells about something by describing its features or giving examples. It gives the reader a mental image.
What is Description?
The final outcome of the story
What is Resolution?
Give directions to the actors how to act on stage. They are usually placed in parentheses and/or in italics
What are Stage Directions?
Comparing two things not using like or as
What is Metaphor?
Using emotion or passion to persuade.
What is Pathos?
The person telling the story is outside the story, but they do not know what any of the characters are thinking
What is 3rd Person Objective?
Long speech by one single character to other characters
What is Monologue?
The use of words that begin with the same letter sound
What is Alliteration?
The story of a person’s life written by another person
What is Biography?