Figurative Language
__________ are a type of figurative language that compare an object, person, or event to something else. ________ use the words “like” or “as” in the comparison, such as “The dog ran as fast as a race car.”
Similes
The events and actions of a narrative work
Plot
Perspective a story is read/experience from
Point of View
The lesson or message the author wants you to learn from the story.
Theme
The ___________ is the primary problem that drives the plot of the story, often a main goal for the protagonist to achieve or overcome
Conflict
A __________ is the main argument of an essay
claim
______________ involves the use of two or more words that begin with the same sound.
Alliteration
________ is the use of exaggeration in a text. This can be used for emphasis or humor, such as “He practiced for a million hours.”
The general place, historical time, and social circumstances in which action occurs in a story or play
Setting
The main idea that the writer is developing. The main point of the paragraph.
Controlling Idea
A narrator who is a participant in the story and uses the pronouns I and me
First Person POV
An ___________ is often a “bad guy”
Antagonist
The verbal interaction between two or more characters in a dramatic or narrative work
Dialogue
Text or dialogue in which there is a root sense of hiding what is actually the case
Dramatic _______ involves a situation in a play or story in which the author and the audience or reader have information that is unknown to the characters or actors.
Irony
____________ is when you give an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have.
Personification
The _______ is the most exciting point of the story, and is a turning point for the plot or goals of the main character.
Climax
The author's attitude reflected in the style of the written word
Tone
A narrator who is outside the story proper and refers to all of the characters as he, she, or they
Third Person POV
A _____________ is the main character of a story. It could be a “good guy”
Protagonist
______________ is when the author gives you hints about what will happen later on in the story.
Foreshadowing
______________ show the relationship or commonality between two objects or actions without using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
______________ is simply the use of a word that imitates a sound, like bam, crash, boom, splash.
Onomatopoeia
The ___________ is the introduction to a story, including the primary characters' names, setting, mood, and time.
Exposition
The emotion(s) expressed by an author or artist in the rhetoric, structure, and/or perspective of his or her work
Mood
A thing that is known or proved to be true.
Facts
_________________, which takes place in a person's mind—for example, a struggle to. make a decision or overcome a feeling. _________________ are character vs. self.
Internal Conflict
_______________ provide information to clarify, prove, or explain the main idea.
Supporting Details
A meaning that is suggested or implied
Connotation
__________ is when a poet uses objects, colors, sounds, or places to represent something else.
Symbolism
The _______________ of the story is all of the events that lead to the eventual climax, including character development and events that create suspense.
Rising Action
The basic argument advanced by a speaker or writer who then attempts to prove it throughout the remainder of the piece of writing
Thesis
A _________________ is simply the story of a real person's life. It could be about a person who is still alive, someone who lived centuries ago.
Biography
An ___________________ is a problem or struggle that takes place between a character and an outside force.
External Conflict
Arguable statements intended to dispute other claims.
Alternate Claim
To say the opposite of
___________ is when a writer uses very descriptive language, sometimes figurative language (like similes, metaphors, and personification) to appeal to all of your senses.
Imagery
The _______________ is everything that happens as a result of the climax, including wrapping-up of plot points, questions being answered, and character development.
Falling Action
The ______________ is what the author wants the reader to know or understand about the topic, also stated as the most important idea.
Main Idea
Print features, as well as graphic, informational, and organizational aids (e.g., bold print, italics, maps, charts, labels, headings)
Text Features
_____________ is to persuade, entertain and inform.
Author's Purpose
The technique of disrupting the order of events in a story by shifting to an earlier time in order to introduce information
Flashback
to indicate
Denote