Plot Components
The turning point, the most
intense moment—either mentally
or in action
What is Climax?
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is alliteration?
A conversation between characters set off by quotation marks
What is dialogue?
Three reasons for writing
What is persuasion, inform, and entertain?
when a portion of the story goes back in time
What is flashback?
The conclusion, the
tying together of all of the threads
What is resolution?
Words that represent sounds
What is onomatopoeia?
Make a brief statement of the main events of a story. It has to have the beginning, middle and end. It should be precise (accurate) and concise (to the point).
What is summary?
Who the piece of text was originally written for.
What is audience?
The use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot
What is foreshadow?
The start of the story,
the situation before the action starts
What is exposition?
How the reader feels about the text while reading
What is mood?
The following of one thing after another
What is sequence?
The reason the character says or does something
What is motivation?
The message or lesson of a story
What is theme?
All of the
action which follows the
climax
What is falling action?
"Then I heard a whining sound from a corner of the barn and almost vaulted to the ceiling."
What type of literary element is this?
What is figurative language?
A word part that can be added at the end of a word to make up a new word
What is suffix?
When the narrator only knows what the characters do and say. It's like a "camera view" of the story.
What is third person objective point of view?
To demonstrate that something is right; to defend with reasons
What is justify?
What are the plot components?
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
Type of phrase where the meanings cannot be inferred by the literal meaning of the words
What is idiom?
W word part that can be added at the beginning of a word to make a new word
What is prefix?
the narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character
What is third person limited point of view?
The various methods of communicating information
What is media?